Approves (or would if he wasn't busy burning in hell).
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| North Korea probed over claims World Cup team tortured for ignoring Kimmie's guidance |
| 2010-08-12 |
| Fifa has launched an investigation into allegations that the North Korean World Cup coach and players were punished by the government after they lost all three of their games in the tournament in South Africa. Last month, Radio Free Asia said that the Korean squad, apart from two foreign-based players, were subjected to 'harsh ideological criticism' after their team conceded the most goals of all 32 at the tournament. Their coach Kim Jong-hun was also publicly humiliated and sentenced to hard labour for their performance. Fifa's president said a letter had been sent to North Korea's footballing body. Sepp Blatter said: 'We sent a letter to the football federation to tell us about their election of a new president and to find out if the allegations made by the media that the coach and some players were condemned and punished are true. 'We are doing this as a first step and we will see how they answer.' After starting only their second World Cup brightly with a 2-1 defeat to five-times champions Brazil, North Korea were then thrashed 7-0 by Portugal and easily beaten 3-0 by Ivory Coast. I'm sure the scores would have been turned around had they only followed Kimmie's magnificent advice! Mr Blatter said the investigation was launched after Fifa executive committee member Chung Mong-joon, from South Korea, provided new information on the issue. Asian Football Confederation President Mohamed Bin Hamman, who recently travelled to the secretive communist nation, said he was hopeful the investigation would prove conclusive. 'There was an unconfirmed report that these players have gone through torture or something like that, but I can't confirm that. 'I haven't seen anything with my eyes or heard anything with my ears. Maybe this Fifa investigation can clear the air.' "Can you fly the players over here so we can talk to them?" "No." "Can we fly them over here so we can talk to them?" "No." "Can we fly over there to talk to the players?" "No." "Can we talk to the players on the phone then?" "No." "Did you torture them?" "No." "We'll go tell the world the good news!" |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #5 Approves (or would if he wasn't busy burning in hell). |
| Posted by: DMFD 2010-08-12 18:45 |
| #4 Kimmie is probably more afraid of FIFA than the UN Unlike the UN, FIFA will actually ban them from international competition for several years. |
| Posted by: john frum 2010-08-12 14:57 |
| #3 May we suggest a Roswell Probe(tm)? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-08-12 07:55 |
| #2 Kimmie is probably more afraid of FIFA than the UN. |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2010-08-12 07:30 |
| #1 "Ignoring" Kimmie's guidance? Heck, following his instructions to play aggressive offense instead of North Korea's usual game was what resulted in the 7-0 score. |
| Posted by: gromky 2010-08-12 04:25 |