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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (607537)	8/21/2004 7:43:14 PM
From: Kevin Rose	Respond to of 769670

It was not just one player, it was the majority, if not the entire, team. Representative of how the Iraqi people now view us. Only Bush could screw up a liberation so badly.

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (607537)	8/22/2004 2:33:37 AM
From: Kevin Rose	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Iraqi athletes object to Bush campaign ad Soccer players say president shouldn't exploit their success Darn, doesn't it ruin your day when you liberate a country and they're SO ungrateful? Hmmm, I wonder why they're so anti-Bush.... Updated: 10:15 p.m. ET Aug. 21, 2004ATHENS, Greece - Iraqi soccer players reacted angrily Friday after being told that their nation's Olympic participation was mentioned in TV commercial by the re-election campaign for President Bush. The players called on Bush to stop using them to win votes in the United States. “Iraq as a team does not want Mr. Bush to use us for the presidential campaign,” midfielder Salih Sadir was quoted as saying. “He can find another way to advertise himself.” msnbc.msn.com