Iraqi Boxer Murdered

Allah told them to do it :headbang: is it because they're against half naked guys fighting? is it because the sanctioning bodies don't allow fighters to sport heavy beards?

sad news. what the hell do they have against sportsmen?

Hopkins? Malcolm X made that comment about JFK being killed. I remember the line from the movie you are correct .President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Malcolm X delivered a speech as he normally would when situations like these occurs. However, when he was asked to comment on the assassination, Malcolm replied that it was like "chickens coming home to roost." Malcolm meant that Kennedy had failed to stop the violence that was going on and eventually, the violence got around and killed him. He also added a shocking opinion, "chickens coming home to roost never made me sad. It only made me glad," which meant that Malcolm was glad that the violence had claimed Kennedy's life. This comment outraged the public and lead to the NOI censuring Malcolm X. In response to this comment, Elijah Muhammad banned Malcolm from public speaking for ninety dayshttp://www.tqnyc.org/NYC063338/malcolm.html

Thats sucks. I don't understand why they would want to stop people participating in sports doesn't make sense.

No, Bernard Hopkins :duh: Hopkins? Malcolm X made that comment about JFK being killed.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The body of a well-known Shiite boxer was found Friday in central Baghdad near the dangerous street where he was kidnapped earlier this week, police said. Hassan Hadi, 42, had been hanged, police said. The father of two was en route Monday to a spare parts store that he owns when the attackers intercepted his car and abducted him, police said. Police said Hadi was seized while traveling on Haifa Street, a Sunni insurgent stronghold on the west bank of the Tigris River about a mile north of the Green Zone, site of the U.S. and British embassies as well as the Iraqi government headquarters. The area was the scene of fierce clashes between insurgents and U.S.-Iraqi forces just two days later. An official with the Youth and Sports Ministry said no ransom had been demanded and stressed that Hadi was not linked with any political party. "We condemn the kidnapping of this boxer and we call on the kidnappers to free him," ministry spokesman Hassan Qadim said. "Hadi is a sports symbol and his abduction is aimed at stopping the sport in its tracks." Hadi fought for al-Zawraa, Iraq's biggest sports club. Athletes and sports officials have increasingly become targets of threats, kidnappings and assassination attempts, either as part of retaliatory violence between Shiites and Sunnis, or for ransom. In December, gunmen abducted the Sunni head of one of Iraq's leading soccer clubs. A blind Iraqi athlete and Paralympics coach also were kidnapped last year but were released unharmed after sports officials said their abductors determined neither was linked to the Sunni insurgency. An Iraqi international soccer referee also was abducted in the fall as he left the soccer association's offices. The kidnappers reportedly demanded a $200,000 ransom. Where's Desmond Tutu when you need him? :(

Malcolm X <~~~ No, Bernard Hopkins :duh:

”Chickens coming home to roost never made me sad; It only made me glad.” Malcolm X <~~~

”Chickens coming home to roost never made me sad; It only made me glad.”