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Feud over sports could keep Iraq out of Olympics (AP)

In this Sunday, July 29, 2007 file photo, soccer fans take to the streets of the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, during celebrations after Iraqi national soccer team won the Asian Cup trophy. FIFA President Sepp Blatter said Tuesday, May 27, 2008, that FIFA has provisionally suspended Iraq from international soccer for one year due to a government decision to disband the sport’s national organizing association.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim, file)AP - Sports has been one of the few things unifying Iraqis in recent years ? with soccer victories bringing Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds alike into the streets cheering.



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