It is absolutely unprecedented and almost miraculous A year ago, Iraq’s soccer federation Of course, President Bush immediately tried to take credit \n The Iraqi soccer team is not amused with US President George Bush’s move Calling Bush a "killer", the players said that he should remove his "Iraq as a team does not want Bush to use us for the presidential campaign," the from Web report on Iraq 1 – Australia 0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Taking nothing away from the incredible gymnasts, the medal bedecked amphibians and the Cuban boxers, the most incredible performance in these Olympic games so far is the campaign of the Iraqi soccer team. After qualifying first in their group, they … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/iraqsoc.jpg\")
Taking
\n nothing away from the incredible gymnasts, the medal bedecked amphibians
\n and the Cuban boxers, the most
\n incredible performance in these Olympic games so far is the campaign
\n of the Iraqi soccer team. After qualifying first in their group,
\n they beat Australia today 1-0 in the quarterfinals and now will face Paraguay
\n for a place in the final.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n that this ad hoc, war-torn nation could even field a team on this level,
\n let alone end up among the top four teams in the world. It is somewhat
\n akin to the Red Sox single A farm team, the Lowell Spinners beating the
\n New
\n York
\n Yankees
\n major league
\n team
\n 4
\n games in a row.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n had been disbanded, the team had no facilities and no money and the nation
\n had been suspended by the International Olympic Committee, a suspension
\n lifted only early this year to allow them to prepare for Athens. Iraq’s
\n only previous Olympic medal was a weightlifting bronze at the 1960 Rome
\n Games.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n for the Iraqi victory, we guess on the theory that all Iraqi teams are
\n now part of the American farm system. Why, if not for his heroic decision
\n to invade Iraq they would still be suspended by the IOC and running around
\n muddy fields in army boots! However….<\/em><\/p>\n
\n of using them in his presidential election campaign advertisements.<\/p>\n
\nforces from their country immediately.<\/p>\n
\nDaily News quoted Iraqi midfielder Ahmed Manajid as saying in an interview with
\nthe Sports Illustrated. "He can find another way to advertise himself," he
\nadded.<\/p>\n
\n India 123<\/a><\/p>\n