Iraqi karate coach killed by gunmen in Mosul…
BAGHDAD – Gunmen killed the coach of Iraq’s national karate team Friday in Mosul, underscoring the dangers still facing this northern city less than two weeks before a deadline for U.S. troops to withdraw from urban areas.
Izzat Abdullah, a 45-year-old Sunni, was shot to death near his house in an eastern section of Mosul, according to police and sports officials.
The head of the local Olympic committee, Khalid Mahmoud, said he attended a funeral for the 45-year-old former karate champion later Friday.
A spokesman for the National Olympic Committee, Saif al-Maliki, said Abdullah spent his time training youths as well as coaching the national team.
Abdullah moved to Mosul from Baghdad after the U.S. ouster of Saddam Hussein’s regime in 2003, al-Maliki said.
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