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Testimony to the benefits of non-torture based incentive programs: the Iraqi Soccer team qualified for the Athens Olympic after an improbable win over Saudi Arabia and a Oman--Kuwait tie. [globe&mail]

A conspiracy theorist might suspect that this is a nonstandard contribution from the Coalition of the Willing to promote improved morale in Iraq.

Posted on May. 14th, 2004 at 10:30 am | | Leave a comment | 2 comments |

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rspa7401

Wow...

...That is some crazy stuff! !
Posted on May. 14th, 2004 12:07 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

joshc

Re: Wow...

it doesn't look like the coalition authority handled the celebration particularly well: no Iraqi fans were allowed to attend. strike one against the conspiracy theory.

http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1898126
Posted on May. 16th, 2004 07:19 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply