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Iraqi Olympic spokesman survives Baghdad raid aftermath
Emad Nassir Hussain, Iraq national team spokesman and USOC trainee, avoided capture during a Saturday gunmen raid on the Iraq National Olympic Committee meeting in Baghdad. He credited a USOC staffer's suit warning for sparing his life, as hostages were taken and others remained missing. Hussain described learning about life and humanity during his three months in Colorado Springs and expressed a call for global sports unity against terrorism. His wife gave birth to a son, Haider, the day after the attack.
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America
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USOC
Colorado Springs
Bob Condron
Baghdad
California
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International Olympic Committee
Cecil Bleiker
Condron
Colorado Rockies
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Apolo Ohno
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Ahmed al-Hijiya