BAGHDAD — Victory celebrations at a soccer match in Iraq ended abruptly when a fan accidentally shot the winning goalie to death, the police in Babil Province said Monday.
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During celebrations, an off-duty police officer started firing his service pistol into the air but lost control of it, the police said.
Posts Tagged: idiocy
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Mar 09
Iraqi Goalie Killed in Victory Shooting
17
Mar 09
Ladies & Gentlemen, …. the Pope
Benedict said that the Roman Catholic Church is in the forefront of the battle against AIDS.
”You can’t resolve it with the distribution of condoms,” the pope told reporters aboard the Alitalia plane headed to Yaounde. ”On the contrary, it increases the problem.”
(my emphasis)
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Jan 09
More proof we have no idea what we’re doing
It seemed like a good idea at the time: Remove all the feral cats from a famous Australian island to save the native seabirds.
But the decision to eradicate the felines from Macquarie island allowed the rabbit population to explode and, in turn, destroy much of its fragile vegetation that birds depend on for cover, researchers said Tuesday.
