IOC confirms Beijing Games ban on Iraq (Middle East Times)

24 July 2008, 2:41 pm

Two women walk past the main building housing the National Iraqi Olympic Committee in Baghdad, June 2008. The International Olympic Committee has confirmed a ban on Iraq from competing in the Beijing Games in a major blow to seven Iraqi athletes who had hoped to travel to China, an IOC letter said.... read more

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