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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
World Cup 06: Ahmadinejad Likens Iran Football Team To Nuke Scientists
2006-06-07
(AKI) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday likened the national football team to Iran's nuclear scientists saying it could be "the great surprise" of the World Cup starting in Germany on Friday. He also vowed to travel to Germany to watch the team play should it qualify for the second round of the Cup.

During a meeting with the team before it left for Germany, Ahmadinejad said: "You could be the great surprise of this World Cup and bring our country back to its glory as did our young scientists who with their efforts and knowledge have reached top levels in nuclear technology and opened the doors of the atomic club to the Islamic Republic." Ahmadinejad also promised Iranian captain Ali Daei and his team mates that he would leave for Germany to watch them play if they make it to the second round of the World Cup.
Posted by:Fred

#10  You'd be hot too, if you had to wear a chador all day in the summer. ;-)
Posted by: lotp   2006-06-07 18:46  

#9  I'm off to Frankfurt on Saturday to drink my body weight in German beer and throw plastic chairs round a public plaza. </sarcasm> Will be too drunk to know if a bomb's gone off. I have the feeling Iran will do surprisingly well. Man, you should see how hot their cheerleaders are.

Posted by: Howard UK   2006-06-07 16:16  

#8  I always thought joining "the atomic club" meant a country either operating a nuclear power plant or having functional nuclear bombs.

Which one is it? or is U enrichment sufficient to join the club?
Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever)   2006-06-07 10:42  

#7  Planning on blowing themselves up if they're behind in the second half?
Posted by: Thinemp Whimble2412   2006-06-07 06:58  

#6  surprise
Posted by: 2b   2006-06-07 05:14  

#5  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday likened the national football team to Iran's nuclear scientists saying it could be "the great surprise" of the World Cup starting in Germany on Friday. He also vowed to travel to Germany to watch the team play should it qualify for the second round of the Cup.

Well that's not so hard to figure out. He thinks there is going to be a "surpise".

I hope the security services are paying attention to his threat.
Posted by: 2b   2006-06-07 05:14  

#4  The Cup would be a prime opportunity for a little nasty sectarian action with maximum press effect.

Yo, Zarqi - wiping out the Iranian Team would be a masterstroke. Make Carlos proud.
Posted by: flyover   2006-06-07 01:42  

#3  Mahmoud is definitely a publicity whore on the level of Chavez. Thank G*d Venezuela didn't qualify. These guys's biggest concern is not so much Bush but the idea that the world's attention and spot light might be off of them for 3 whole weeks. Gotta insert yourself into the picture somehow. I wouldn't be surprised if Hugo pulls off some stunt to get his name back in the papers. Originally I was pulling for Portugal and Mexico to crush the Iranians. Now I'm hoping that the Iranians make it thru to the elimination round and Mahmoud turns up, annoys and distracts everyone with more lunacy, obstructs his players and Iran gets bounced easily as a result.
Posted by: Monsieur Moonbat   2006-06-07 01:33  

#2  Yep, one never knows when they'll explode over Berlin.
Posted by: ed   2006-06-07 01:17  

#1  AhMad is a publicity whore who knows how to stroke his Euro audience.
Posted by: Captain America   2006-06-07 01:13  

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