<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div></div><div>Courtesy of the Washington Post at:</div><div><br></div><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/post/grenade-thrown-onto-field-at-asian-champions-league-soccer-match/2012/09/20/e35dfb26-0342-11e2-8102-ebee9c66e190_blog.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/post/grenade-thrown-onto-field-at-asian-champions-league-soccer-match/2012/09/20/e35dfb26-0342-11e2-8102-ebee9c66e190_blog.html</a><div><br></div><div>-------------------------------------</div><h1 class="entry-title" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; "><span class="entry-title" style="font-size: 17px;">Grenade thrown onto field at Asian Champions League soccer match</span></h1>From rioting to setting things ablaze, crazed soccer fans have committed countless dangerous acts in recent years. But this one may trump them all. <div><br></div><div>Fans threw all kinds of objects onto the pitch at an Asian Champions League quarterfinal match between Sepahan FC (Iran) and al-Ahli SC (Saudi Arabia) in Iran, including, of all things, a live explosive. </div><div><br></div><div>Watch as Sepahan midfielder Adel Kolahkaj (40) casually tosses the small explosive off the field as though it were a stray beanbag. But the instant it hits the ground, it blows up, sending the stunned players and officials running for cover. (Watch the video below.) </div><div><br></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPVLJzeZ9i8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPVLJzeZ9i8</a></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"> </span><div>The match, which was briefly halted after the grenade went off, ended in a goalless draw. The account of the match on the Asian Football Confederation Web site makes no mention of the stoppage.<div><br></div><div>-------------------------------------<br><br>Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .<div><br></div><div>"Moscow Cares"</div><div><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div><div> </div><div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."</div><div><br></div><div>- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)</div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></body></html>