The coach of the Iraqi national karate team has been shot dead by gunmen in the northern city of Mosul, police say. It is not known why Izzat Abdullah was attacked, although sports officials and athletes were regularly targeted at the height of the Iraqi insurgency.I have to confess, I'm a little confused.
If nothing in this world happens that isn't "HIS" will... does this mean that Allah has a hard-on for athletes?
Four members of the previous Iraqi National Olympic Committee remain missing after they were kidnapped in July 2006. Months earlier members of the Iraqi tae-kwon-do team were seized while travelling to their training centre. Their remains were found a year later.Or, maybe... this is simply some sort of Pol Pot kinda deal?
Others who have been killed since the invasion of Iraq include the Olympic cycling coach, national wrestling coach, a soccer federation member and a prominent volleyball player, the Associated Press news agency says.
Let's kill all the smart... or in this case, strong athletic people... and see what shakes out?
I don't get it.
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RELATED: Blown to pieces... God willing
-- BAGHDAD -- A truck bomb exploded as worshippers left a Shiite mosque in northern Iraq on Saturday, killing at least 63 people and wounding nearly 200 in the deadliest bombing in nearly two months.*