Posted on 07/11/2022 4:22:40 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Former Olympic champion Mo Farah revealed in an article published on Monday (Jul 11) that he was brought to Britain illegally under the name of another child to work as a domestic servant.
Farah told the BBC that he was given the name Mohamed Farah by a woman who flew him to the UK from east African country Djibouti aged nine.
The 39-year-old, whose father was killed in Somalia when he was four, said his real name is Hussein Abdi Kahin and claimed he was made to look after another family's children in Britain.
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Ilhan Omar’s real name is Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, her and her father attached themselves to the Omar family to fraudulently enter the USA.
Once she had citizenship she married her brother to fraudulently get him a green card.
Always wondered about Fernando Valenzuela. Certainly never believed he was the age the Dodgers claimed he was, which led me to always doubt if he was who they claimed.
He’s really Malaysian?
Why would the Dodger’s lie? I thought players lie to the teams, not the public.
Absolutely.
“his real name is Hussein Abdi Kahin”.
Methinks his real name may be Hussein Abdi WARHOL, and he may be looking to a clock due to time constraints.
CF: When Orlando Hernández (El Duque)came to the Yankees, he said he told them he was born in 1969. The Smoking Gun later found his birth certificate and he was born in 1965, although MLB still lists it as 1969.
So he definitely shaved off 4 years, and he was only in MLB 8 or 9 years. But, he pitched in three World Series for the Yankees, and contributed a little bit to the White Sox World Series.
The peak and decline of Valenzuela’s career would seem to indicate he wasn’t much older than he claimed. But it’s not at all unusual that some Latin players played loose with their birthdates, because they could.
A lot harder today, as too many eyes are watching very young prospects all over the world.
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