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The Fat Fat Fatty You Never Knew

Feeling the way I do about Michael Moore, I read the following Sports Illustrated item about Iraq’s Olympic soccer team with interest:

"It was amazing the way the news flew through this city and how everyone felt a sense of pride," says Mounzer Fatfat, an American who has worked as a senior adviser on rebuilding sports in Iraq. "Iraqis love soccer, and the fact that this team fought its way into the Olympics was something everyone rallied around. For a few hours nothing else seemed to matter."

Now as someone who works for Iraq’s new government, I can imagine Mr. Fatfat probably supported the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, especially since Iraq’s Olympic team was previously controlled by Saddam’s sadistic son Uday. And I’d also say it’s a fair bet that Fatfat didn’t much like “Fahrenheit 9/11” either.

Posted by Stephen Silver at August 2, 2004 02:27 AM