Iraqi Olympic Football Player

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I was just reading an article about this... Here's the link:

Iraqi Soccer Players Angered by Bush Campaign Ads

To a man, members of the Iraqi Olympic delegation say they are glad that former Olympic committee head Uday Hussein, who was responsible for the serial torture of Iraqi athletes and was killed four months after the U.S.-led coalition invaded Iraq in March 2003, is no longer in power.

But they also find it offensive that Bush is using Iraq for his own gain when they do not support his administration's actions. "My problems are not with the American people," says Iraqi soccer coach Adnan Hamad. "They are with what America has done in Iraq: destroy everything. The American army has killed so many people in Iraq. What is freedom when I go to the [national] stadium and there are shootings on the road?"

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I can't find any references to 'shooting Americans' in any news stories about this. Could it be Channel 5 news is making it up? Good heavens above!

Anyway, I did find this interesting article...

Iraq fury over Bush campaign [Fox Sports, Australia]

See, Fox reckon the football players were made to say those things by the media to get at Bush. They didn't really mean it and this won't hurt Bush's re-election prospects. We are safe.

-zudo