Iraqi Soccer Team Bashes Bush
Reported by Marie Therese - August 21, 2004 -
1:58pm (UK), 8/20/04
Iraqi Soccer Players Slam 'Criminal' Bush
The Scotsman
By Mark Sage, PA News, in New York (PA=Press Association of London, UK)
"Members of the Iraqi Olympic soccer team branded US President George Bush a 'criminal' and called for American troops to pull out of the war-torn country."
"Speaking after winning their group stage at the Games in Greece, one player said he would take up arms against US troops in his country."
"And the team attacked Mr Bush for running re-election campaign adverts featuring the Iraqi team. 'Iraq as a team does not want Mr Bush to use us for the presidential campaign,' said midfielder Salih Sadir. 'He can find another way to advertise himself.'"
Later: "The team was glad that Iraq's former Olympic committee head Uday Hussein, who was responsible for the serial torture of Iraqi athletes, was no longer in power. He was killed in a firefight with US forces after the invasion."
"A spokesman for Mr Bush defended the war on Iraq and the campaign adverts, 'The ad simply talks about President Bush's optimism and how democracy has triumphed over terror,' the spokesman said." (end of excerpt)
Comment
I've been watching FOX since I first heard this on CNN this morning (somewhere around 12 PM EDT). I just checked out their main internet page. Nothing there. Guess the FOX spinmeisters haven't quite figured out how they're gonna handle this one!
