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Israeli soldier Peer Aims to Gun Down Hingis (French Open)
yahoo.com ^ | 6/3/06 | unknown

Posted on 06/04/2006 2:20:29 AM PDT by beyond the sea

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"Israeli soldier Shahar Peer was one of the top marksmen in her military training ......."

Peer may need a weapon (other than her tennis raquet) to overcome Martina Hingis the way she is playing these days.

This should be a very interesting match.

1 posted on 06/04/2006 2:20:33 AM PDT by beyond the sea
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To: al baby; astounded; presidio9; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Cicero; A CA Guy; evad; dennisw; cyborg; ...
Tennis ping..................

I wonder for whom Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may be rooting.

;-)

2 posted on 06/04/2006 2:26:07 AM PDT by beyond the sea (A nativist rube ..... yep, that's me.... and oh, the Senate and nearly ALL Senators SUCK.)
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To: Echo Talon; bondjamesbond; Hegewisch Dupa; SW6906; ken5050

Tennis/French Open/Hingis ............... ping.


3 posted on 06/04/2006 2:32:44 AM PDT by beyond the sea (A nativist rube ..... yep, that's me.... and oh, the Senate and nearly ALL Senators SUCK.)
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To: beyond the sea
http://www.juniortennis.com/ajt/images/173.4896.jpg

Shahar Peer gets that Monica Seles look on her face. She looks like a relentless competitor.

;-)

4 posted on 06/04/2006 2:38:20 AM PDT by beyond the sea (A nativist rube ..... yep, that's me.... and oh, the Senate and nearly ALL Senators SUCK.)
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To: beyond the sea

pics..we need pics..BTW..Smashnova was the best name for an athlete, ever


5 posted on 06/04/2006 3:25:00 AM PDT by ken5050 (GWB, Reagan, Thatcher, Pope John Paul II, freed hundreds of millions.# of Nobel PeacePrizes: ZERO)
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"It's going to be a great match," said Peer, who made the third round in 2005.

No it's not. Go Martina!

6 posted on 06/04/2006 3:32:23 AM PDT by Skylab
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To: ken5050
Yeh...... pretty great name. The female Harmon Killbrew.

;-)

7 posted on 06/04/2006 3:51:59 AM PDT by beyond the sea (A nativist rube ..... yep, that's me.... and oh, the Senate and nearly ALL Senators SUCK.)
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To: Skylab

Yes, I think Hingis will beat Peer, but they have similar styles. I read that Peer is somewhat of a tactician on the court too. There could be some pretty long rallies.


8 posted on 06/04/2006 3:54:37 AM PDT by beyond the sea (A nativist rube ..... yep, that's me.... and oh, the Senate and nearly ALL Senators SUCK.)
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To: ken5050; Skylab

By the way, when/is that Hingis match to be televised?


9 posted on 06/04/2006 3:55:41 AM PDT by beyond the sea (A nativist rube ..... yep, that's me.... and oh, the Senate and nearly ALL Senators SUCK.)
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Tennis/French Open/Hingis/Israel ........... ping


10 posted on 06/04/2006 4:01:59 AM PDT by beyond the sea (A nativist rube ..... yep, that's me.... and oh, the Senate and nearly ALL Senators SUCK.)
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To: beyond the sea
Israeli soldier Peer Aims to Gun Down Hingis

Headline by the blatantly anti-Semitic AFP.

11 posted on 06/04/2006 4:07:35 AM PDT by MrCruncher
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To: MrCruncher

It certainly was an eye-catching headline.


12 posted on 06/04/2006 4:08:50 AM PDT by beyond the sea (A nativist rube ..... yep, that's me.... and oh, the Senate and nearly ALL Senators SUCK.)
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To: RexBeach; Alberta's Child; Clemenza; denydenydeny; SyzygyUSA; Flightdeck
tennis ............ ping

If you would not like pinged to tennis threads, please let me know.

;-)

13 posted on 06/04/2006 4:13:47 AM PDT by beyond the sea (A nativist rube ..... yep, that's me.... and oh, the Senate and nearly ALL Senators SUCK.)
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Israeli soldier Peer Aims to Gun Down Hingis (French Open)

yahoo.com ^ | 6/3/06 |

PARIS (AFP) - Israeli soldier Shahar Peer was one of the top marksmen in her military training and now she has Martina Hingis in her sights at the French Open.

The 19-year-old Peer knocked out Russian sixth seed Elena Dementieva 6-4, 7-5 on Saturday and faces Hingis on Sunday for a place in the quarter-finals.

Win or lose, Peer will continue to combine her tennis career with her obligation to serve two years military service with the Israeli army.

"I had to train with weapons during my two and half weeks basic training. I was one of the best in shooting. I really liked it and it was a great experience," said Peer who is the first Israeli to reach the last 16 of a Grand Slam since Anna Smashnova here in 1998.

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14 posted on 06/04/2006 4:17:01 AM PDT by MrCruncher
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I really don't see that article as anti-Israeli writing. I see that as a writer using her military experience intelligently in the article.

I hope you aren't too serious, but maybe you are.

****

Sort of like a headlines like:

Scientists Getting Overheated Concerning Global Warming Predictions

Scientists Are All Wet Over Rain Predictions

15 posted on 06/04/2006 4:23:29 AM PDT by beyond the sea (A nativist rube ..... yep, that's me.... and oh, the Senate and nearly ALL Senators SUCK.)
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To: MrCruncher
Sort of like headlines like:

Scientists Getting Overheated Concerning Global Warming Predictions

Scientists Are All Wet Over Rain Predictions

16 posted on 06/04/2006 4:25:36 AM PDT by beyond the sea (A nativist rube ..... yep, that's me.... and oh, the Senate and nearly ALL Senators SUCK.)
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BTW..Smashnova was the best name for an athlete, ever

I'm kind of partial to Slutskaya (Irina).

17 posted on 06/04/2006 5:00:37 AM PDT by Ranald S. MacKenzie (Its the philosophy, stupid.)
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Scientists Itching to Blame Poison Ivy's Effect on Global Warming
18 posted on 06/04/2006 5:07:01 AM PDT by beyond the sea (A nativist rube ..... yep, that's me.... and oh, the Senate and nearly ALL Senators SUCK.)
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To: MrCruncher

I did not think it was appropriate to use those terms. In today's world where Islamic terrorist target sporting events, you had to read halfway through the article to realize they were not being literal.


19 posted on 06/04/2006 5:09:32 AM PDT by Always Right
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By the way, Maria Sharapova leading 5-1 in a third set........... fell apart and lost (5-7) in another match today in France.


20 posted on 06/04/2006 5:12:01 AM PDT by beyond the sea (Scientists Itching to Blame Poison Ivy's Effect on Global Warming)
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