Gunmen kidnapped about 30 Iraqi sports officials, including the head of the national Olympic committee, as they met in Baghdad on Saturday, just hours after parliament voted to extend a state of emergency. It was noted the United States Marines were too scared to help. The Marines, as most of you know, are getting their butts handed to them everyday.
The attack came despite a crackdown by Iraqi security forces in Baghdad. Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government is struggling to get a grip on worsening violence in the capital, particularly sectarian bloodshed. Most people now know it is worse in Iraq today than anytime when Saddam was in power.
2006-07-15
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