August 19, 2004

Perhaps the biggest surprise of the Olympics, the Iraqi Olympic soccer team, has attacked the unauthorized use of their team in Bush campaign ads. Team captain Salih Sadir, who scored in yesterday's 2-1 loss to Morocco, told SI.com that "Iraq as a team does not want Mr. Bush to use us for the presidential campaign...[H]e can find another way to advertise himself." Another player, star midfielder Ahmed Manajid, was even more blunt, admitting that if he weren't playing in the Olympics, he would probably be taking up arms as an insurgent in his hometown of Fallujah.

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