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The coach of Iraq's tennis team and two players were shot dead in Baghdad on Thursday, said Iraqi Olympic officials.
Coach Hussein Ahmed Rashid and players Nasser Ali Hatem and Wissam Adel Auda were killed in the al-Saidiya district of the capital.
Witnesses said the three were dressed in shorts and were killed days after militants issued a warning forbidding the wearing of shorts.
Other Iraqi athletes have been targeted in recent incidents.
In this case, according to accounts, the men dropped off laundry and were then stopped in their vehicle by gunmen.
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Two of the athletes stepped out of the car and were shot in the head, said one witness. The third was shot dead in the vehicle.
"The gunman took the body out of the car and threw it on top of the other two bodies before stealing the car," said the witness, who requested anonymity.
He said leaflets had been recently distributed in the area warning residents not to wear shorts.
Last week, 15 members of Iraq's taekwondo team were kidnapped between Falluja and Ramadi, west of Baghdad, said a member of the Iraqi Olympic Committee. The kidnappers have demanded $100,000 for their release. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5020804.stm
mocking bird Member # 10937
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So - is this supposed to be the Iraqi "resistance"?
These men who were shot in cold blood for wearing shorts were the creme de la creme of Iraqi society - the best and brightest. Olympic athletic skills are a rare gift in ANY human society. Most sane human beings on the planet want to appreciate and celebrate and NURTURE the rare human gifts which they see in their fellow men.
Muslims, by contrast, are focused on the goddamned length of a man's shorts and apparently think nothing of terminating the lives of their most accomplished fellow citizens over something so absurdly trivial.
mike rozier Member # 10852
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don't they have prisons in iraq, for these types of charactors?
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