Iraqi athletes object to Bush campaign ad

[meow2u3]

ATHENS, Greece - Iraqi soccer players reacted angrily Friday after being told that their nation's Olympic participation was mentioned in TV commercial by the re-election campaign for President Bush.


The players called on Bush to stop using them to win votes in the United States.

“Iraq as a team does not want Mr. Bush to use us for the presidential campaign,” midfielder Salih Sadir was quoted as saying. “He can find another way to advertise himself.”

However, the Iraqi Olympic delegation accused journalists of deliberately provoking an angry response from their players

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[Cheswick2.0]

1. This add disgusts me

[JudgeSmales]

2. I saw on real sports

on HBO how the soccer team used to get tortured and beat if they lost a game by Uday....I think that is his name. Now they are whipping Australia. I can understand their anger. No one wants to be a poster child.

[JudgeSmales]

3. Why was this thread locked?

[SemiCharmedQuark]

4. And they have the nerve to say the Iraqi's are naive and

unsophisticated because of their negative feelings against Bush. And I'm just so sure that every Freeper is very sophisticated.