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Rep. Hoekstra Blasts Olympic Committee For Excluding Iraqi Athletes

Say Anything (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Good stuff: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, issued the following statement in response to the International Olympic Committee’s decision to exclude Iraqi athletes from the Beijing Olympics: “It is outrageous that the IOC would reject athletes from a democratic Iraq, and at the same time, from Saddam Hussein’s son Uday’s notorious,...

Iraq takes its case to International Olympic Committee

CNN (Free subscription) | yesterday

Iraqi representatives will meet with the International Olympic Committee on Monday to try to reach an agreement that would allow now-banned Iraq to participate in next month's games, an official said Friday.

IOC: Unlikely that any Iraqi athlete will compete at the Beijing Olympic Games

YubaNet.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Despite the best efforts of the International Olympic Committee, it seems very unlikely that any Iraqi athlete will compete at the Beijing Olympic Games.

International Olympic Committee upholds ban of Iraq

New York Newsday (Free subscription) | yesterday

BAGHDAD - Just two weeks before the start of the Olympics, Iraq was told yesterday it's not welcome in Beijing because of a political feud in Baghdad that angered the games' guardians and exiled a country that arrived to a roaring ovation at the opening ceremony four years ago.

'Black day' says Iraq Olympic Committee

Daily Star (Free subscription) | yesterday

The Iraq Olympic Committee has described the decision by the International Olympic Committee to suspend the participation of their athletes in the Beijing Games as a "black day in the history of sports in Iraq".

'Black day' says Iraq Olympic Committee

Daily Express (Free subscription) | yesterday

The Iraq Olympic Committee has described the decision by the International Olympic Committee to suspend the participation of their athletes in the Beijing Games as a "black day in the history of sports in Iraq".

National Sport: 'Black day' says Iraq Olympic Committee

Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday

The Iraq Olympic Committee has described the decision by the International Olympic Committee to suspend the participation of their athletes in the Beijing Games as a "black day in the history of sports in Iraq".

'Black day' says Iraq Olympic Committee

Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday

The Iraq Olympic Committee has described the decision by the International Olympic Committee to suspend the participation of their athletes in the Beijing Games as a "black day in the history of sports in Iraq".

IOC Bars Iraq From Olympic Games

Free Internet Press (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

Iraqi athletes have been banned from competing in the Olympics in Beijing because of a squabble between the Iraqi government and the International Olympic Committee, making Iraq one of the few countries to be barred from the games. Iraqi officials learned on Tuesday that its seven-member Olympic team would not be allowed to participate this summer because of the dispute, according to Haider Ali Lazim,...

Report: Iraqi government to talk with IOC

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Baghdad - An Iraqi government delegation will hold talks with the International Olympic Committee in Switzerland on the weekend in order to send athletes to the Beijing Olympics after all. The Aswat al-Iraq news agency reported on Saturday that gover...

Rogge expects up to 40 doping cases in Beijing

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International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge expects up to 40 athletes to be caught doping at the Beijing Olympics, compared to 26 at the 2004 Athens Games.

Go, Hoekstra!

The Corner (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, issued the following statement in response to the International Olympic Committee's decision to exclude Iraqi athletes from the Beijing Olympics: "It is outrageous that the IOC would reject athletes from a democratic Iraq, and at the same time, from Saddam Hussein's son Uday's notorious, torture-based...

Iraqi envoys to talk with IOC over Beijing ban

USA Today (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

An Iraqi delegation headed to Switzerland on Saturday for talks with the International Olympic Committee over a ban on Iraq competing ...

Olympics: Screw You, War-Torn Nation

LAist (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Since the time of ancient Greece, the Olympics were designed to allow athletes to compete and travel in peace -- even if they hailed from war-torn regions. But this week, the International Olympic Committee said that Iraq is expected to sit out the 2008 games in Beijing. It's not that Iraqi athletes aren't good enough. In fact, seven athletes have qualified (many more for the Paralympics) and the...

Rogge: up to 40 doping cases possible at Beijing Olympics

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Brussels - Up to 40 athletes could fail doping tests at the Beijing Olympics next month, International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge said in an interview published on Saturday. You can expect 30-40 positive cases based on the number of d...

• Rogge expects 40 doping cases at Beijing Games - ESPN