prison style beat down in corn city, USA

[datasuspect]

wow.

By William Lee Tribune reporter

7:21 p.m. CST, March 7, 2011

"He chronicled war-torn Iraq through the eyes of its citizens, but filmmaker Usama Alshaibi says he didn't feel the sting of violence until he crashed a house party last weekend in the tiny Iowa town of Fairfield.

"Right when I walked in, somebody asked me my name. . .and I said, 'My name is Usama.' That's when they started hitting me," said Alshaibi, 41, who lived in Chicago for 16 years, and directed and starred in the acclaimed "Nice Bombs."

One of four men punched Alshaibi in the face, knocking off his eyeglasses. Three others joined in, punching Alshaibi in the face and head, knocking him down, he said."



http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chibrknews-filmmaker-says-1st-name-usama-led-to-beating-20110307,0,1334947.story

[Angry Dragon]

1. Hate is the new religion

[xchrom]

2. if you don't know iowa -- especially fairfield -- you

can't know how strange that is.

people don't very often act out in extraordinary ways there.

it's not that people don't ever get up to shit.

it's just not very often.

and fairfield is where the meditation university is.