DAKAR CANCELLED !!!!!!

One day before the official start of the 2008 DAKAR Rally the sanctioning body cancelled the event on January 4th,2008. There had been rumors floating around about terrorist threats against the race and it's participants. The A.S.O. did not want to take any chances. Both Team: Jan de Rooy and Team: Hans Bekx had already passed through the tech inspection with flying colors...they were prepared to race the next day.
What a terrible disappointment for the entrants, as well as the fans, who had all prepared for this event for almost 1 year.
The A.S.O. condemmed the terrorist organizations but had no choice to cancel the event.

It is a tragedy that we have to alter our lives because of a bunch fanatics and lunatics, all in the name of Allah. Maybe if they would read their Koran a little closer there would be no terrorist threats in the world.There is no religious book in existance which tells you to blow things up and kill people in God's name.