Word: iraqi
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While security was tight for the first game, things seemed to be more relaxed by mid-week, when it became more or less routine. The players were still shepherded around in buses (although the Iraqi team members did their laundry on Bow Street); police boats still patrolled the waters of the Charles around the Harvard bridge; passes were still closely examined, to make sure that any terrorist threat could be nipped...
...flags were out at every opportunity--the tricolor for the French game on Tuesday, and the Iraqi starred banners on Monday and Wednesday...
Hundreds of screaming Iraqi fans donated the crowd, waving flags and pictures of President Saddam Hussein Beating drums and tambourines and blowing horns, the Iraqi throngs greatly outnumbered the three Canadian flags on the opposite side of the stadium...
...bill moved up and down the field with both teams running and tackling hard for the next 20 minutes but neither was able to establish a great advantage and the crowd was beginning to grumble about the lack of scoring. Then forward Dale Mitchell beat an Iraqi defender, pushed the ball deep into the right corner and chipped a perfect pass to Mike Sweeny on the other side...
...proud that my player became better than me. I hope he will get some more goals, that's what I want him to do," laughed Baba, who captained the Iraqi team in the 1960 Olympics...