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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Flipside on August 21, 2004, 01:23:15 pm

Title: Iraq in for soccer at Olympics :)
Post by: Flipside on August 21, 2004, 01:23:15 pm: http://sports.yahoo.com/oly/soccer

This is interesting, though I find the headline itself rather amusing ;)

The cynic in me suggests something, but I won't mar their achievements by stating it.
Title: Iraq in for soccer at Olympics :)
Post by: Taristin on August 21, 2004, 01:24:33 pm: :lol:
Title: Iraq in for soccer at Olympics :)
Post by: aldo_14 on August 21, 2004, 01:49:07 pm: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3584242.stm
Title: Iraq in for soccer at Olympics :)
Post by: Flipside on August 21, 2004, 01:59:38 pm: Yeah, why doesn't that surprise me in the slightest, it's easy to call a race 'Free' when you live thousands of miles from their lives :(
Title: Iraq in for soccer at Olympics :)
Post by: Knight Templar on August 21, 2004, 03:04:33 pm: Sad really. Especially since all the reasonable doubt one can ever have goes away when hearing it from these guys.
Title: Iraq in for soccer at Olympics :)
Post by: Gloriano on August 21, 2004, 03:28:03 pm: Quote
which won its group stage in Greece - was angry it had been used in Mr Bush's re-election campaign ads.

:blah: I wonder what is in IRAQ election Campaing ads in future
Bush playing football?:D
Title: Iraq in for soccer at Olympics :)
Post by: Stealth on August 21, 2004, 04:41:31 pm: iraq beat portugal :p
Title: Iraq in for soccer at Olympics :)
Post by: Flipside on August 21, 2004, 04:46:34 pm: Blow(back) Football ;) hehehe
Title: Iraq in for soccer at Olympics :)
Post by: Tiara on August 21, 2004, 04:51:21 pm: BWAHAHAHAHA! Take that st00pid kangaroo [censored]!

:p
Title: Iraq in for soccer at Olympics :)
Post by: Ford Prefect on August 21, 2004, 07:34:00 pm: Quote
I wonder what is in IRAQ election Campaing ads in future
Bush playing football?

No no no! He was a cheerleader. Geez, get it right.
Title: Iraq in for soccer at Olympics :)
Post by: diamondgeezer on August 22, 2004, 06:30:31 am: Hmm... I remember hearing from more than one source that Uday used to torture the Iraqi footie tream when they ****ed up. Perhaps they'd like to re-trade the American soldiers for Saddam?
Title: Iraq in for soccer at Olympics :)
Post by: Black Wolf on August 22, 2004, 07:20:01 am: Someone who's been following the Soccer - What're the chances of an Iraq vs. US match?
Title: Iraq in for soccer at Olympics :)
Post by: aldo_14 on August 22, 2004, 09:33:28 am: Quote
Originally posted by diamondgeezer
Hmm... I remember hearing from more than one source that Uday used to torture the Iraqi footie tream when they ****ed up. Perhaps they'd like to re-trade the American soldiers for Saddam?

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" The team said they were glad Iraq's former Olympic committee head Uday Hussein - Saddam Hussein's notorious son killed by US forces after the invasion - was no longer in charge.

But coach Adnan Hamad said he was concerned with what the Bush administration was doing in Iraq.

"My problems are not with the American people. They are with what America has done in Iraq: destroy everything," he said.

"The American army has killed so many people in Iraq. What is freedom when I go to the stadium and there are shootings on the road?"

NB: I believe Iraq can't meet the US in the footie. They play Paraguay and IIRC the other semi is Argentina vs Italy.