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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-15-06 07:36 PM
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Iraq's soccer fields no longer a haven
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/3862991.html

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - At the moment he jumped to head a ball during afternoon practice on the second-to-last day of March, Manar Mudhafar was one of the best soccer players on the best team in Baghdad, an easy-smiling 19-year-old with speed, skills and a toughness that made him a rising star.

By the time he hit the ground, he had a perplexed look on his face and a bullet in his throat. Mudhafar never said a word as he struggled to breathe, blood soaking his white jersey and staining its Canon logo and his number, 29.

He was dead in three minutes. snip

Mudhafar's death, from what teammates accept was a stray bullet possibly fired from a nearby police station, shattered that illusion of immunity, and brought a singular hurt to a city riddled with individual tragedies.
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