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'Wack The Iraq' Gets Wacked
alledan
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WILDWOOD, N.J. - A boardwalk game called "Wack the Iraq" that drew protest from a civil rights group will close early next month and will be renamed next year, city officials said Friday.
The game, at Morey's Pier in this oceanfront town, lets customers shoot paintballs at people dressed as Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden.
"It's going to shut down. It won't come back," said City Commissioner Fred G. Wager, who oversees public safety.
The New Jersey Chapter of American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee said the game fostered anti-Arab sentiment.
The group canceled a protest planned for Saturday after the city announcement.
It was not clear who runs the game. A Morey's employee has said the space is leased.
Extreme moments of horror should be met with extreme actions of preventive retribution
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my youth the most!
The game, at Morey's Pier in this oceanfront town, lets customers shoot paintballs at people dressed as Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden.
"It's going to shut down. It won't come back," said City Commissioner Fred G. Wager, who oversees public safety.
The New Jersey Chapter of American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee said the game fostered anti-Arab sentiment.
The group canceled a protest planned for Saturday after the city announcement.
It was not clear who runs the game. A Morey's employee has said the space is leased.
Extreme moments of horror should be met with extreme actions of preventive retribution
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my youth the most!
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Extreme moments of horror should be met with extreme actions of preventive retribution
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my youth the most!