Iraqis shot 'for wearing shorts'

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.

Leaflets

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.

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these people are absolutly insane.

Originally Posted by KC72

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these people are absolutly insane.

No, insanity is forgivable. Murderous, mindless, moronic, inbred, animals, amoral, these are just a few of the nicer things I have to say about their miserable existance here on earth.

thats preposterous..

That is probably the worst reason I have heard for killing someone..

Well, that's what comes of the homicidal maniacs running the insane asylum.

That insane. I'm pretty sure not even Saddam would have minded shorts. WTF?

The Vatican doesn't allow you to enter St. Peter's dome if you wear shorts either though.

And before anyone jumps on Mohmar, he's right about the Vatican. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/...in563585.shtml
That is crazy. Anyway you spin it, that "law" is completely unjustified.

"Who likes short shorts? ... No one? Good, or we'll cap your ass."

In the immortal words of Castaway-Thats FUBAR.

Talk about a strictly enforced dresss code.