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Wouldn't want to be an athlete in Iraq

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Iraqi shot dead attempting goal

Associated Press

March 16, 2009

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BAGHDAD -- Police say an Iraqi s****r player has been shot dead just as he was about to kick what could have been the tying goal in a weekend game south of Baghdad.

Police Maj. Muthanna Khalid says a striker from the Buhairat amateur team was facing only the goalie during a Sunday match in Hillah when a supporter of the rival Sinjar club shot him in the head in the final minute of play.

Sinjar was leading 1-0 when the shooting occurred. Khalid said a spectator was arrested.

More Iraqis are turning out for sports events now that security is improving. Major matches in Baghdad are heavily guarded but security in amateur games in smaller cities is often lax.
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EH Emanski's Heroes1,000+ posts
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Tragic event indeed. A family looses someone very important over a s****r match.


I recently watched a movie called Green Street Hooligans about British "kickball" gangs, as well as an episode of Gang Nation about Polish "kickball" gangs. It was incredible how much these people literally hate one another simply because of their association with a certain team. It makes Red Sox-Yankees or Duke-UNC seem almost brotherly. Lunatics is an understatement.
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RJMRJMHSBaseballWeb member since 2007
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they take the definition of soc cer hooligan to another level.
Not that I condone the behavior but in many countries soc cer is their big time sport. Now go to a pro football game and sit in the cheapest seats wearing the visiting team's jersey. Would we call what's left of the person football hooliganism? What do we call it on college campuses and pro cities when there are cars overturned, fires, windows broken and stores looted as part of the victory celebration?
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