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Brewmaniac · 05-27-2006, 03:03 PM

This absolutely disgusting, how in the world could you pull the trigger killing another human being because they were wearing short pants!

Iraqi tennis players killed for wearing shorts
Shooting was related to a warning by extremists against such attire
The Associated Press
Updated: 3:44 p.m. ET May 27, 2006

BAGHDAD, Iraq - An Iraqi tennis coach and two of his players were killed because they were wearing shorts, apparently in violation of a warning by Islamic extremists.

Gunmen stopped the car in which the athletes were riding and asked them to step out before shooting them Wednesday, Manham Kubba, secretary general of the Iraqi Tennis Union, said Saturday. The coach, Hussein Ahmed Rashid, was Sunni, and the two players were Shiite, Kubba said.

The athletes were in shorts when they were killed and police believe the attack was related to a warning by extremists against such attire, police Lt. Maitham Abdul Razzaq said. He said the warning was made in leaflets distributed in the Sadiyah neighborhood in southwest Baghdad a week before the attack.

The deaths of the three had previously been reported, but the statements provided more details and clarified that all the victims were tennis players.

This was the second attack against athletes in just more than a week.

A taekwondo team was kidnapped in western Iraq while driving to a training camp in neighboring Jordan on May 17. The 15 athletes were snatched on a road between the cities of Fallujah and Ramadi, a particularly violent area.

The athletes were members of a private sports club that hopes to one day send athletes to the Olympics.

Prominent Sunni politician Adnan al-Dulaimi appealed for their freedom during a news conference Saturday at his office in Baghdad.

“I call upon the kidnappers of the taekwondo athletes to release the team,” he said.
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I would like to see any scripture that forbids shorts and says they should be brutally murdered if they do.

Doesn’t this make you outraged? Is there nothing that can be done to stop the extremists? I know are military is trying but is there any new methodology or weaponry that might help?

This isn't political and was placed in general because it should offend the general reader!

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Brewmaniac Searching for the perfect brew!	Iraqi tennis players killed for wearing shorts This absolutely disgusting, how in the world could you pull the trigger killing another human being because they were wearing short pants! Iraqi tennis players killed for wearing shorts Shooting was related to a warning by extremists against such attire The Associated Press Updated: 3:44 p.m. ET May 27, 2006 BAGHDAD, Iraq - An Iraqi tennis coach and two of his players were killed because they were wearing shorts, apparently in violation of a warning by Islamic extremists. Gunmen stopped the car in which the athletes were riding and asked them to step out before shooting them Wednesday, Manham Kubba, secretary general of the Iraqi Tennis Union, said Saturday. The coach, Hussein Ahmed Rashid, was Sunni, and the two players were Shiite, Kubba said. The athletes were in shorts when they were killed and police believe the attack was related to a warning by extremists against such attire, police Lt. Maitham Abdul Razzaq said. He said the warning was made in leaflets distributed in the Sadiyah neighborhood in southwest Baghdad a week before the attack. The deaths of the three had previously been reported, but the statements provided more details and clarified that all the victims were tennis players. This was the second attack against athletes in just more than a week. A taekwondo team was kidnapped in western Iraq while driving to a training camp in neighboring Jordan on May 17. The 15 athletes were snatched on a road between the cities of Fallujah and Ramadi, a particularly violent area. The athletes were members of a private sports club that hopes to one day send athletes to the Olympics. Prominent Sunni politician Adnan al-Dulaimi appealed for their freedom during a news conference Saturday at his office in Baghdad. “I call upon the kidnappers of the taekwondo athletes to release the team,” he said. © 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. © 2006 MSNBC.com URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13007678/ I would like to see any scripture that forbids shorts and says they should be brutally murdered if they do. Doesn’t this make you outraged? Is there nothing that can be done to stop the extremists? I know are military is trying but is there any new methodology or weaponry that might help? This isn't political and was placed in general because it should offend the general reader! __________________ "That's a joke... I say, that's a joke, son"