OFFMEN International

By KIM GAMEL

BAGHDAD, Iraq May 27, 2006 (AP)— An Iraqi tennis coach and two of his players were shot to death this week in Baghdad because they were wearing shorts, authorities said Saturday, reporting the latest in a series of recent attacks attributed to Islamic extremists.

A U.S. Marine AH-1 Cobra helicopter, meanwhile, crashed Saturday and its two crew members were missing in Anbar province, a volatile area west of the capital where insurgents are active. Hostile fire was not suspected as the cause of the crash, the U.S. military said.

In the Baghdad incident, gunmen stopped a car carrying the Sunni Arab coach and two Shiite players, asked them to step out and then shot them, said Manham Kubba secretary-general of the Iraqi Tennis Union.


Now I guess Islamic extremists (fundamentalists) dont like it if you wear shorts. What the fuck is wrong with these people? I dont understand them and to be 100% honest I dont wanna understand them. Call me ignorant or whatever, but at least I have the guts to say what half of you are thinking anyways....I think sometimes it is okay to be teh ugly American and not care about other parts of the world because I can honestly admit, I dont at times. They dont wanna know us, why should we even try to know them? Really.....Im not saying we should hate all of th ose out there wearing the flag of Islam, there has to be some decent, loving Muslims out there, but Im talking about extremists...I guess it is a cultural thing. I am the ugly American and I have no problem with that. And dont gimmie this We Are The World b.s. either. We dont have to love everyone. Im just sick and friggin tired of seeing this kind of shit happen and where we have to act like we give a damn.