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Glob-a-log[Glob-a-log] Yet after five years of war, Iraq’s chances of fielding a competitive Olympic team are vanishingly small. Playing fields, pools and gyms are in disrepair.

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Iraq - All[Iraq - All] Horrors of Iraq war give rise to dreams of Olympic glory: And this month, the International Olympic Committee provisionally suspended the Iraqi national committee, citing political interference in its makeup. The decision put in doubt whether even the one weight lifter will go to China, but it did not affect the Paralympic team.

the Shackle Reporthttp://www.shacklereport.com/2008/m06d29/248/ [the Shackle Report] The week’s reading, straight off the razor wire: Makes it all seem ...: Two years ago, for example, all 18 members of the Olympic tae kwon do team were kidnapped and killed in Anbar Province in western Iraq while returning from a match.

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