You mean they are turning amish hmmm maybe there is hope for them yet.
Posted on 05/26/2006 4:09:08 AM PDT by yankeedame
Coach killed 'for wearing shorts'
From: Reuters From correspondents in Baghdad
May 26, 2006
THE coach of the Iraq tennis team and two players have been shot dead by armed gunmen in Baghdad, the Iraqi Olympic Committee chief said today.
According to eye witnesses, the three men were killed because they were wearing shorts. "Armed men assassinated the trainer, Ahmed Rachid, and two players, Nasser Ali Hatem and Wissam Adel Odah on Thursday afternoon in the Saidiya district (of Baghdad)," committee secretary-general Amer Jabbar said.
Witnesses said that a Sunni militant group issued a warning a few days before the attack, forbidding the wearing of shorts.
One witness, who requested anonymity, said: "The three men were driving in a car and dropped off some washing at a launderette when they were stopped by the gunmen, who had seen they were in shorts.
"The coach and players were stopped by the armed group. Two of them got out of the car and were shot with a bullet in the head. The third was killed in the car.
Advertisement: "The gunmen took the body out of the car and threw it on top of the other two bodies before stealing the car." This is not the first time that sportsmen have been targeted in Iraq.
On May 17 a group of 15 members of the Iraq tae kwon do team were taken hostage between Fallujah and Ramadi to the west of Baghdad as they returned Amman in Jordan.
The kidnappers demanded a ransom of $US100,000 ($131,690) for their release, Iraqi Olympic Committee. member Jamal Abdel Karim said.
And on February 25, former national boxing champion Jasseb Rahma was shot dead in front of his family in the town of Bassorah.
Not stupid. The men wear the light colors. Ever notice that?
Sauron
The men do, how the poor women walk around in 130 deg. heat in dark cloths without dropping like flies is beyond me.
You mean they are turning amish hmmm maybe there is hope for them yet.
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