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Members of the Iraqi delegation wave during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Beijing on August 8, 2008
Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008

Open quoteIn Iraq, only sport is clean.Close quote

  • ALI MUHAMMAD FAKHER,
  • an Olympic judoka for Iraq and one of four Iraqi competitors in Beijing, on training with fellow athletes at home regardless of their political and religious divide
Photo: Fabrice Coffrini / AFP / Getty | Source: International Herald Tribune