Iraq is banned from the Beijing Olympics .is this fair ?

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last pharaoh

No i don't think it's discrimination
they have a reason.. the iraqi government replaced its national olympic panel with members not recognized by the IOC. that violated the IOC guidelines

IOC & FIFA's rules are very strict regarding any government interference ..

I remember that FIFA has threatened before to suspend the Egyptian national team for some similar reason

Nowhere Man.

yes ...as the Iraqi government intervened in the work of the Iraqi Olympic committee an replaced it with its own appointees Under the international Olympic committee charter, all committees must be free of political influence hence was the banning it's not a discrimination of any type ...

David S

Yes , they deserve it big time.
new government in Iraq in control of every thing, even they chose only sihite,and 4 kurds players for their teams.
no Sunni or Christan.
until this government be fair with their nation ,they should banned from all international sports.

7ala is fluffy ?

Its probably to do with the human rights issue, but if thats the case, then i think the Chinese have a nerve banning anyone with their human rights record. My guess is that they had no choice, that the United Nations made them do it.

@ I agree with the above answerer that it is sports not politics, but unfortunately the two do go hand in hand, they always have.

mesho f

Iraq is occupied company, don't expect much more respect to country occupied by other,Sadam had maintain the dignity for Iraq even though he is a criminal.

cool

No,Iraq should participate in beijing olympics because lots of people are dying in that country and we should give something nice like going to olympics.Felt sorry for that iraq woman in the news who is ready of olympics but got the bad news.

wish the ioc change their minds.

r0ckerdude88

The International Olympic Committee has banned Iraq from competing in the upcoming Summer Olympics games because of what it says is political interference by the government in sports.

If you think about it, Even when the Cold War,WW2/I Germany. Competed in the Olympics...

It's simply Immoral. It's Sports not Politics.

â™¥Lovelyâ™¥ â™¥Diamondâ™¥

No it isn't fair, but one of the problems of the olympic games is the interference of politics, which of ocurse goes against the principles of sports in general:
Politics interfered with the Olympics on several occasions, the most well-known of which was the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, where the games were used as propaganda by the German Nazis. At this Olympics, a true Olympic spirit was shown by Luz Long, who helped Jesse Owens (a black athlete) to win the long jump, at the expense of his own silver medal. The Soviet Union did not participate in the Olympic Games until the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Instead, the Soviets organized an international sports event called Spartakiads, from 1928 onward. Many athletes from Communist organizations or close to them chose not to participate or were even barred from participating in Olympic Games, and instead participated in Spartakiads.

A political incident on a smaller scale occurred at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Two American track-and-field athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, performed the Black Power salute on the victory stand of the 200-meter track and field race. In response, the IOC's autocratic president Avery Brundage told the USOC to either send the two athletes home, or withdraw the complete track and field team. The USOC opted for the former.

The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran specifically orders its athletes not to compete in any olympic heat, semi-final, or finals that includes athletes from Israel. At the 2004 Olympics, an Iranian judoka who had otherwise earned his place, did not compete in a heat against an Israeli judoka.

SchÃ¶rdinger

Can you provide a citation?

FraSpa

I didn't know that. You are right. It isn't fair or right. Shame on them.

Omar M

Its not fair at all of course but why?

warpedhybrid

it's not fair. just a continuation of persecuting a vulnerable group of muslims. not saying it's right but that's the way it is. hope they can participate in the next olympics!

Ada Wong

yes of course i want to know why was it banned?

dizzledonkey

they must've done something because they shouldn't have been banned for no reason, that would be descrimination and prejudice, even racism.

it would be WRONG.

so maybe they did something not to be allowed to go.

Gig lolololololowywywywywywywywy

didnt i tell u it DIRTY POLITICS

plus maybe they didnt want what hapoened in munich happen again

but its unfair and because USA is still the strongest country so it controlls the world

Enrico D

Who could care less? There should be a list of teams banned from the games

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