Anger as Bush Bids to Exploit Olympic Games: "To the embarrassment of their media handlers in Athens members of the Iraqi football team have reacted furiously to the news that their efforts are being used to aid Mr Bush's efforts to win a second term in the White House.
The team's coach Adnan Hamd told Sports Illustrated magazine. My problem is not with the American people. They are with what America has done-destroyed everything. The American army has killed so many people in Iraq. What is freedom when I go to the stadium and there are shootings on the road
One of the team's midfield players Ahmad Manajid accused Mr Bush of slaughtering Iraqi men and women. "How will he meet his God having slaughtered so many? I want to defend my home. If a stranger invades America and the people resist, does that make them a terrorist? he said. "
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