Iraqi Tennis stars shot dead for wearing shorts in Baghdad

Saddam Hussein's eldest son, the hated Uday was a violent, sadistic, rapist ...as head of the national football team, he would reportedly ring up players during half-time and threaten to cut off their legs. It is also said he kept a torture score card instructing what a player's fate should be after a game, including prison.(Pic. Iron maiden torture device found in Iraqi Olympic Committee Compound 2003 (c) TIME)

But....Sunni Hussein Ahmed Rashid who is/was the coach of Iraq's tennis team Rashid, 34, was one of Iraq's best Davis Cup players, and two Shiite players, Nasser Ali Hatem and Wissam Adel Auda were shot dead in Baghdad on Thursday, said Iraqi Olympic officials.

Witnesses reported by the BBC, said the 3 were dressed in shorts and were killed days after militants issued a warning forbidding the wearing of shorts and leaflets had been recently distributed in the Sunni neighborhoods of Saidiyah and Ghazaliyah not to wear shorts, police said.

The 3 were dropping off laundry and stopped, 2 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.

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 US$100,000 for their release.

Islam is a peaceful religion.... the shorts Fatwa is obviously working.

An interesting quote ... L Paul Bremer , the booted, suited, Bush's post war Pro-Consul in his tedious ghost written diary "My Year in Iraq : The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope Jan 2006. Now remaindered", Page 143.... August 2003 after the UN HQ had been destroyed along with the UN representative in Iraq Sergio de Mello ..

" ..Several hours later, Rice called back to ask how she could help,, "Colin and I are convinced that Iraq has become the decisive theatre in the war on terrorism and that if we win it in Iraq, Islamic terrorism can be defeated."

Yeah ... sure .... "Bring 'em on"
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