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Are_grits_groceries

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Sat Jun 6, 2015, 04:25 AM Jun 2015

A dark day for FIFA after claims of arms deals for World Cup votes

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Elsewhere, the downfall of Blatter has sparked an avalanche of claims about major decisions taken by Fifa in recent years. The German newspaper Die Zeit reported on Friday that the then chancellor Gerhard Shröder supplied arms to Saudi Arabia in return for support in Germany’s World Cup bid, in which it defeated South Africa 12-11 in the final round in controversial circumstances. The claims alleged that the government lifted arms restrictions days before the vote in order to make the shipment and help swing Saudi Arabia’s vote to Germany.
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More:
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/05/fifa-scandal-arms-germany-deal-saudi-valcke-warner-delaney-ireland-henry

This is another reason the takedown of FIFA leaders is not just a minor kerfuffle.
The deaths of migrant workers and other atrocities can also be tied to them.

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A dark day for FIFA after claims of arms deals for World Cup votes (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Jun 2015 OP
This is a damnation of GOVERNMENTS, especially, not just FIFA the proximal cause delrem Jun 2015 #1
This is one of the key links between politics and sport malaise Jun 2015 #2
Get in line or else. Unknown Beatle Jun 2015 #3

malaise

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2. This is one of the key links between politics and sport
Sat Jun 6, 2015, 05:57 AM
Jun 2015

Remember international sports organizations negotiate with governments for bids to host these major events.

I well remember the New Zealand football President almost running for his life over that German bid. His vote would have given it to South Africa but he was scared for his life.

There is nothing new here - this is how the 'elites' of the planet negotiate everything.

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