Officials say 'Wack the Iraq' boardwalk game to close

[Khephra]

WILDWOOD, N.J. -- After criticism from an Arab civil rights group, officials said Friday that the "Wack the Iraq" game on a boardwalk pier will close after the Labor Day weekend and be renamed next year.

The development pleased Aref Assaf, president of the New Jersey Chapter of American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, who said it prompted the group to cancel a protest scheduled for Saturday.

He said the group, which believed the game fostered anti-Arab sentiment, was gratified that the city and other groups denounced the game as offensive and tasteless.

Customers at the game aim paintball guns at people dressed as Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-nj--iraqarcade0827aug27,0,6521557.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire

Are people so ignorant that they would think bin Laden is Iraqi?

Nevermind, I know the answer to that question.

:puke:

[leesa]

1. Same reason they believe Muslims are responsible for all of the terrorism

in the world. Ignorance.

[MrSlayer]

2. I thought it was pretty stupid when I saw it.

"Kill the Insurgents" is one of the big attraction banners. The operators got pissed at me when I suggested they dress someone up like Bush so they could get my money.