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  • A Lot of the Muscle Flexing in Baghdad Isn't Political (Good Article)

    12/29/2005 9:08:20 PM PST · by jmc1969 · 14 replies · 935+ views
    NY Times ^ | December 30 2005 | EDWARD WONG
    Mr. Schwarzenegger may find himself politically embattled these days in his home state, but here he is still a major draw. Along Saddoun Street, one of the capital's main arteries, Mr. Talib has hung a black-and-white billboard showing a young Mr. Schwarzenegger in a formidable bicep-flexing pose. "The first inspiration I had for bodybuilding was Arnold," Mr. Talib, a squat man built like a bulldozer, said in his back-room office as metal weights clanked outside. "Now I aspire to improve the sport in Iraq." Mr. Talib is in regular e-mail contact with Governor Schwarzenegger's office in Sacramento, apprising officials there...