Posted on 12/20/2006 2:40:27 PM PST by Hadean
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Gunmen killed a veteran Iraqi actor and comedian known for his stage portrayal of the lighter side of life in Baghdad during Ottoman rule in the early 1900s, police said Wednesday.
Mitashar al-Sudani, 60, was killed as he drove to theater offices on Haifa Street in Baghdad on Tuesday, a police officer and an official at Iraq's Theater and Cinema Ministry said. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because of security concerns.
Al-Sudani was shot multiple times, suggesting that the gunmen had singled him out. Armed groups have often killed prominent figures in politics, sports, the media and other fields, apparently as part of a campaign to create a climate of fear and intimidation.
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"Take my life...please"
"....death manual"; that's a good one.
Ohhhhh the humanity....
Has anyone seen Albert Brooks' movie (I haven't) called, "Searching for Comedy in the Muslim World"? I guess the search just got a little harder.
I'm not appearing here through Thursday! Try the Kabobs!
Yes, but they are killing Iraqi people, not US people - if they were, we could send them ALL the democrat senators who wish for a dialog and ALL the media people who cry for peace and withdrawal...seems to me that WOULD be a WIN for the WOT!
Yup!
Some die from goat-related STDs.
"I went to an honor killing and they gave me foam rocks to stone the girl. I tell ya I get no respect."
(True story) I think it was last year, during a muslim pilgrimage, a water vendor was beaten to death by a crowd because they mistook him for a homicide bomber. He had apparently manufactured a vest that he could wear that allowed him to carry the water bottles in pockets for dispensing.
One of our freepers wrote a faux news report:
In Iraq, a water vendor was beaten to death by a crowd making a holy pilgrimage after they mistook him for a homicide bomber. He had apparently manufactured a vest that he could wear that allowed him to carry the water bottles in pockets for dispensing. His wife could be heard wailing in the background: "I told you not to use the water bottles with the red caps held on by plastic srips!"
I hate to admit it, because the poor guy was just trying to make a buck, but...I laughed for a while at that. Shows how fleeting life is over there.
I could start a script, LOL!
Can't ..... go ...... there.
Stop, stop - you're killin' me!
It may be time to start executing prominent mulahs.
Ya gotta love those Muslims. They really know how to express what's on their minds.
Thats a hoax though.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16273017/
What did he do, use the "I" word?
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