Sunday, May 28, 2006

Always Be Sure to Get Your Priorities Right

May 28, 2006 -- BAGHDAD - An Iraqi tennis coach and two of his players were killed because they were wearing shorts, apparently in violation of a warning by Islamic extremists.

Gunmen stopped the car in which the athletes were riding and asked them to step out before shooting them Wednesday, Manham Kubba, secretary general of the Iraqi Tennis Union, said Saturday. The coach, Hussein Ahmed Rashid, was Sunni, and the two players were Shiite, Kubba said.

The athletes were in shorts when they were killed, and police believe the attack was related to a warning by extremists against such attire.

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