I see two players quoted, plus the coach. The normal soccer team fields, I think, eleven people. What do the other nine guys think?
Also, these players are in a very high profile position right now. It's dangerous to speak out in Iraq - family members are kidnapped, tortured, beheaded, bombed, shot. The police chief of Najaf saw his own father kidnapped in an attempt to intimidate him. These players are like witnesses at a Mafia trial. "I never saw Mr. Gotti do nuthin' wrong." I'd take everything they say with a giant helping of salt.
Stop rationalizing on their behalf -- they had no obligation to speak in public with their virulence against this country, its soldiers, and taxpayers who foot the enormous bill for this misadventure; our soldiers died for this rotten scum.
This sounds like the BBC put it's "secret sauce" on this one.
DK