William Asher <
[email protected]> writes:
> I read a short article he had been killed yesterday or today (abducted and
> shot, the story claimed). Anyone know if this is true?
>
> --
> Bill Asher
from the AP wire [they were a bit late with it though]
Iraqi coach killed
Iraq's Olympic cycling coach was killed after gunmen kidnapped him
from his home in the latest attack on one of the nation's sports
figures, officials said.
Family members identified the body of 48-year-old Mahoud Ahmed Fulayih
at the central morgue in the capital on Monday, two days after he was
abducted, said Hussein al-Amidi, the acting secretary general of
Iraq's National Olympic Committee.
He said Fulayih was kidnapped three days after he returned with the
cycling team from the Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. The team did not win
any medals there.
"We lost another one. He is not a politician and has no link with any
party," al-Amidi said. "It looks like no one is excluded from the
violence."
Athletes and sports officials have increasingly become targets of
threats, kidnappings and assassination attempts in Iraq, either as
part of retaliatory violence between Shiites and Sunnis or for ransom.
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Have a very Merry White Christmas - Davey Crockett
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The era of the Middle East strongman, propped up by and enforcing
Western policy, appears well and truly over. His power is being
replaced with rule by CIVIL WAR, apparently now the American
Administration’s favoured model across the region.
