Iraqi Olympian has to ‘dodge sniper bullets’ in order to train.
Iraqi Olympian has to ‘dodge sniper bullets’ in order to train.
The Christian Science Monitor notes that “[f]or Iraqi Olympians, their achievement is a bittersweet moment, the fruit of perseverance in the face of divided and corrupt sports institutions and severe personal risk.” Indeed, in order to prepare to the Beijing games, sprinter Dana Hussein Abdul-Razzaq and her coach have had “to navigate the violence and sectarian war between Sunnis and Shiites”:
Abdul-Razzaq is a Shiite living in a mixed area, known as Aalam, wedged between predominantly Shiite Biyaa and predominantly Sunni Saidiyah. Coach Abdul-Rahman, a Sunni, lives in a predominantly Sunni section of Mansour.
“We cut deals with Shiite militiamen and Sunni insurgents just so I can come and pick her up for training,” he says, describing how on numerous occasions they would get caught up in clashes between the two sides or dodge sniper bullets.
(HT: FP Passport)
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Bush would just say its a terrific motivator to move faster….
April 7th, 2008 at 5:22 pmHer middle name is HUSSEIN??????
She must be one’a them there Mooslems!
April 7th, 2008 at 5:34 pm“dodge sniper bullets”….was Hillary training with her???
April 7th, 2008 at 5:35 pm4&5 W.T.F.???Too much hillbilly heroin?
April 7th, 2008 at 5:45 pmIs an incoherent post part of the qualification exam for trolls?
Or is it just a consequence of their applicant pool?
April 7th, 2008 at 5:49 pm#4&5
umm… wut?
April 7th, 2008 at 5:51 pmBy the way McCain has a kid in Iraq
‘Had’ a kid in Iraq, rotated out last Feb.
April 7th, 2008 at 5:51 pmwintermd is clearly drunk. Come back when you’re sober, bud.
April 7th, 2008 at 6:01 pmI think your right Vet. Either that or a rush limpball fan(hence the incoherent jibberish) . I wonder if winter has ever served???
April 7th, 2008 at 6:08 pmthe RNC sure isn’t getting their 10 pesos a pop worth today from wundermd. Someone tell it that Spring has arrived.
April 7th, 2008 at 6:09 pmwintermd Says:
April 7th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Wait… He did the job so poorly, he lost a multi million dollar airplane.
Wrong. He lost five.
April 7th, 2008 at 6:11 pmThat cabriolet is soooo 80’s teen girl squad
April 7th, 2008 at 6:13 pmThose are not bullets…they are freedom projectiles!Dr. Hussein Matt Says:
April 7th, 2008 at 6:13 pmThanks for the laugh Matt. Gotta always look on the bright side,not be doom and gloom libruls.
I did 4 years regular Army. Two in a PershingII nuke unit. The ones that ronnie raygun gave up with the INF treaty?Dam his rusky loving hide!
April 7th, 2008 at 6:17 pmWhile I fully expect anti-americanism to ooze out of TP, this is a new low. This poster can’t even give a national war hero his credit.
April 7th, 2008 at 6:38 pmMcCain has been awarded the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit, two Bronze Star Medals, a Purple Heart and the Distinguished Flying Cross. Not to mention he was tortured in a foreign country while leftwing hippies were at home smoking dope and screwing in the mud at woodstock. What have you done for anyone? People like you are the same people that give TP a bad name.
Gather up the little ones and put on the teapot. Pops is kicked back in the barcalounger with a buzz on.
April 7th, 2008 at 6:38 pmSo gramps tell us again about that time the commies radiated you
April 7th, 2008 at 6:54 pmJackoff and his ilk are the same folks who were slamming and swift-boating Kerry in 04. Where O where was das shrub,protecting Texas and Alabama from hordes of V.C.
April 7th, 2008 at 6:57 pmAs long as they are wearing their flag lapel pins all is good.
April 7th, 2008 at 7:02 pmI think the army air core was kinda happy.
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Air core, that must have been some kind of padding in the B-52 that enabled the old man to survive all those crashes, huh?
April 7th, 2008 at 7:04 pmSomebody needs to google “nepotism”, then have a cup of coffee and do a hardcore reality check.
April 7th, 2008 at 7:07 pmGood luck I hope you do well. Even dead last place would be something to be proud of.
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April 7th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
They forgot to GOOGLE war hero McCain
As to you, better than you you fcuking coward. Do you like living like a piece of trash living to blow your masters???
April 7th, 2008 at 9:03 pmwintermd Says:
April 7th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
I did 8 years reg Navy, then 12 reserve. Had a good old time chasing Soviet Nuke Subs. Good, news.. we nailed them every time they went out. I was shot at, radiated, and even jumped by fighters.
Liar. Plain and simple. Go back to thinking Wal Mart employee second runner up or cart getting means military experience
April 7th, 2008 at 9:06 pmI messed up #43 somehow, but I think the trolls and real Americans get he point, mayble not the trolls…..
April 7th, 2008 at 9:08 pmOh come on, not everyone who serves is a hero. Have you ever heard of military sexual assault? It’s suppressed, but still.
In general we need to support those serving, because they’re not making the policy (yet).
Sigh… I don’t know about McCain, whether he was a hero. Other factors disqualify his application for (competent) President.
April 7th, 2008 at 9:18 pmwintermd Says:
April 7th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
By the way McCain has a kid in Iraq. How do we explain to the public, McCains torture, (check), Kid in Iraq (Check), and all we can offer is “ready to serve” Kerry?
McCain can’t wait until his kid is killed so he can run on that. He certainly can’t run on his own record of failure and cowardice. His kid will have to do.
April 7th, 2008 at 9:50 pmwintermd’s only experience flying is puking into an airsick bag in business class.
April 7th, 2008 at 9:52 pmwintermd Says:
April 7th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Ok, why have the Clintons failed to send their kid into the service? She is like 28?
It’s not their war. why have the Bushes, Cheneys and Romneys been such blatant cowards? that’s the real question. Of course, the answer is clear: Bush is a deserter, and Cheny and Romney are cowards and hypocrites. The usual GOP trash.
April 7th, 2008 at 9:54 pm#19 jackball_ Says:
April 7th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
McLoser lost ANY credibility when he supported acts of TORTURE.
THAT MATTERS!
Now, according to McTORTURE, even the troops can be tortured, like he was. What a hero… NO?
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April 8th, 2008 at 1:24 amp.s. jackball,
What have I done?
I’ve stood up AGAINST the usurpation of our Constitution, you know, “that god damned piece of paper,” your commandeer and thief wipes his rear with yet feels compelled to spy on his citizens with?
I’ve stood up AGAINST TORTURE. You know, unlawful acts against enemy combatants. You know, what the USA has successfully prosecuted internationally AND domestically.
I’ve stood up AGAINST wars of aggression. You know, preemptive warfare that we beat the NAZI Regime back from.
I do find it mind boggling how someone can sit there, as an American, and argue to BE a lesser American, you know, where politics dictates principles.
WHEN PRINCIPLES GUIDED POLITICS, THE WORLD BIRTHED AMERICA…
WHEN POLITICS DICTATED PRINCIPLES, THE WORLD LOST ROME.
Why and how can you argue to BE that next Rome?
Ever hear of Patriotic Treason?
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April 8th, 2008 at 1:33 am