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Soccer fan shoots player dead (Hilla, Iraq)
Reuters on Yahoo ^
| 3/17/09
| Wisam Mohammed
Posted on 03/17/2009 7:54:04 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – An Iraqi soccer fan shot dead a player of the opposing team as he tried to score an equalizing goal in the final minutes of a match, police said on Monday.
The shooting on Saturday in Hilla, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, during a match between local teams, underscored the country's propensity to lawlessness even as violence by militant groups falls to lows not seen since mid-2003.
"As soon as Haider Kadhim (the player) was alone in front of the goalkeeper and close to equalizing, a fan in the crowd fired a pistol at him," a senior police officer in Hilla, who declined to be named, told Reuters.
"We arrested this fan immediately but unfortunately the player died."
Iraqis love soccer and have often expressed hope the game would help reconcile warring ethnic groups and sects.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: iraq; player; shoots; soccerfan
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To: NormsRevenge
Leftovers from Saddamistas?
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posted on
03/17/2009 7:56:39 PM PDT
by
Leo Carpathian
(fffffFRrrreeeeepppeeee-ssed!)
To: Leo Carpathian
or just a serious soccer fan.
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posted on
03/17/2009 7:58:07 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
To: NormsRevenge
"Iraqis love soccer and have often expressed hope the game would help reconcile warring ethnic groups and sects."
Oh, yeah, since we see how it unites the hooligans all over the world. Right.
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posted on
03/17/2009 7:58:09 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
To: NormsRevenge
Okay, I thought only the goalie could shoot an attacker.
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posted on
03/17/2009 7:59:24 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: NormsRevenge
What? What I’d do? He was trying to score a goal against our team and I stopped him.... A guy can’t play defense? These refs suck.....
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
03/17/2009 8:02:44 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(Mornie` utulie`. Mornie` alantie`.)
To: NormsRevenge
The next time someone complains about Red Sox fans, this is the story I'm going to pull out.
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posted on
03/17/2009 8:03:53 PM PDT
by
MAexile
(Bats left, votes right)
To: RichInOC
Um no, the Iraqi goalie does not do any shooting, their goalie does the suicide bomber thingy right before the ball is likely to pass between the posts - if the ball gets evaporated, no gooooaaaalll.
No goalie either so then they have to substitute.
To: MAexile
The next time someone complains about Red Sox fans, this is the story I'm going to pull out.I'll be citing this the next time I hear about Philly fans...
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posted on
03/17/2009 8:14:19 PM PDT
by
Fintan
To: NormsRevenge
Did they award a penalty kick?
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posted on
03/17/2009 8:26:02 PM PDT
by
aquila48
To: NormsRevenge
That is a hardcore fan. Damn.
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posted on
03/17/2009 8:27:25 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: NormsRevenge
Well, that certainly brings a little excitement to the game! Why don’t they allow soccer fans in England to be armed?
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posted on
03/17/2009 8:34:11 PM PDT
by
familyop
(combat engineer (combat), National Guard, '89-'96, Noachide follower)
To: NormsRevenge
Maybe the fan had just watched The Last Boy Scout before the match?
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posted on
03/17/2009 8:56:15 PM PDT
by
jeltz25
To: NormsRevenge
You would think that there would be some kind of rule ... two goals awarded when someone on the team is shot dead (or some such)
/snarky comment
To: jeltz25
He was pissed off they were keeping score.
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posted on
03/17/2009 9:24:10 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
(RINO=RAT!)
To: MaxMax
He was pissed off they were keeping score.Not keeping score is a problem peculiar to the Socialist States of America.
Don't blame it on soccer, it's an American problem.
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posted on
03/17/2009 9:40:36 PM PDT
by
Wil H
(No Accomplishments, No Experience, No Resume No Records, No References, Nobama..)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
03/17/2009 10:24:38 PM PDT
by
jiggyboy
(Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
To: NormsRevenge
God Bless American football and the USA.
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posted on
03/17/2009 10:36:38 PM PDT
by
TypeZoNegative
(Pro life & Vegan because I respect all life, Republican because our enemies don't respect ours.)
To: Wil H
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posted on
03/17/2009 10:37:09 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
(RINO=RAT!)
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