Iraqi Karate Official's Body Found Floating in River

[NNN0LHI]

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB61LV8ZAE.html

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The body of the kidnapped Iraqi karate association chief has been found floating in a river southeast of Baghdad with several gunshot wounds, police and sports officials said Sunday.

Ali Shakir, 38, was abducted Thursday in Latifiyah, about 20 miles south of Baghdad. His corpse was found in the river in the city of Kut the following day, police Capt. Muthana Khalid Ali said.

"We've lost a champion," said Ahmed al-Hijiya, president of Iraq's Olympic committee. snip

Gunmen wearing police uniforms and manning a fake checkpoint stopped Shakir's car, ordered his mother out, then drove away with him, police said.

[wellst0nev0ter]

1. Weren't The Presence Of Karate Classes

One of the many signs of "progress"?

[damntexdem]

5. What connection is there of karate classes ...

with either 'progress'or 'American imperialism'?

[quaoar]

2. Iraq has come to resemble

Chicago in the 1920s.

[dArKeR]

3. American casualties buried in paragraph 13 - RICO! Incredible CORRUPTION

in America!!!!!
By FRANK GRIFFITHS, Associated Press Writer [e-mail], [e-mail]
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050710/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

I've posted over 100 examples of this on the DU. When is the ACLU, Franken, Rhodes, Shultz (if he's not a NSA/GOP agent), a Democratic Congressperson, a moral journalist mention this or when will a Racketeering lawsuit be filed?

Statistically, the majority of readers don't make it past the 3-4 paragraphs. This is a scientific fact.

1. It is a collusive/racketeering agreement between the Media Whore Corporations and the Bush/GOP Crime Family
2. It is so disgraceful to the American soldiers dying, blinded, amputated, crippled... in Iraq.

Listening to the Oregon Country Failr yesterday, I heard one performers story song. He sang that already we've had more protesters on the streets againsts the Iraq war than the total of the entire Vietnam War. At that time there were thousands of anti-war songs on the radio. There were dozens of American and world Top Hit number one songs. One after another for years. He asked, why haven't you even heard one protest song on the radio today? Again, this can be proven statistically/scienetifically in a court of law (If the judges aren’t Neocon GOP Crime Family corrupt.)
ps. Oregon Country Fair is being streamed live and it's really good music, with alternative talks between sets:
http://www.klcc.org/listen/listen.html
http://www.oregoncountryfair.org/

[dArKeR]

6. I hope you guys caught that while the deaths were reported, Removed now!

The story, after being published has been edited and has removed reference to 2 dead American soldiers!

I'm wondering if my/our emailing them made them change it? Actually, maybe I shouldn't put their email because now the world cannot see how dirty and corrupt they are!

[Straight Shooter]

4. That's just sad.

How odd they spared his mother. I find that curious. Are they trying to take the moral high road as opposed to what they think the U.S. troops would do when encountering the "enemy"?

[Monkie]

7. you find it curious the Iraqi's show humanity??

"How odd they spared his mother. I find that curious"
nothing personal but i think this goes to show the disconnect many have, they are also human beings, it would be strange if they had killed his mother.
now if Iraqi's where all the crazed animals that our leaders want us to picture them as then yes i would expect them to shoot defenseless old women on purpose.
If the Iraqi's are just human beings like the rest of us it would be odd if they had killed the old woman and i would have been outraged and have questioned why they did.
but to question why they didnt kill the old woman is contributing to the climate of demonisation against Arabs&muslims in my opinion.