That sounds more like what a lot of Freepers would say, not the Iraqi athletes. If they had indeed said something like that it would be headlines everywhere.
I'm sure we can dig up some Uday DNA, and get to cloning for a welcome back party.
Not at all, the article directly
quoted THEM, not FReepers. Please!
Believe as you will, however.....
How about Radio Free Europe? At;
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2004/8/83AAB3B2-04FA-4D0E-A785-DEF7ABD78BF7.html
" But Bush's rhetoric has been roundly rejected by the Iraqi team. Last week, the squad issued a simple statement through midfielder Salih Sadir that asked Bush not to use its success for his campaign.
Other players have been even more passionate. Midfielder Ahmed Manajid, a Sunni from Al-Fallujah, told the U.S. magazine "Sports Illustrated": "How will [Bush] meet his god, having slaughtered so many men and women?" Manajid added that U.S.-led forces killed his cousin who had been fighting in Al-Fallujah, and that were he not playing football, he would be part of the "resistance."
Mohammed, the star playmaker from the Shi'a holy city of Karbala who scored the bicycle-kick winner against Australia, has called for all foreign forces to leave Iraq.
The White House has not responded directly to such criticism, and Bush told reporters today that he is watching the Iraqi football team's progress with interest.
For his part, coach Hamd said his problem is not with Americans, but with their government. He said security is so bad in Iraq now, that Bush's talk of freedom is senseless:
"You cannot speak about a team that represents freedom," Hamd said. "We do not have freedom in Iraq; we have an occupying force in the country." "
Go Paraguay!