To be honest I didn't see Palestine there, I must have missed it. I think its good that they are there but find it a bit odd still since are they really a country in terms of what we normally define a country as at the moment? Are they a member of the U.N? I thought declaring Palestine as a country was in the process and would take a few years to complete.

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Originally posted by BadBadNeil To be honest I didn't see Palestine there, I must have missed it. I think its good that they are there but find it a bit odd still since are they really a country in terms of what we normally define a country as at the moment? Are they a member of the U.N? I thought declaring Palestine as a country was in the process and would take a few years to complete.

I guess the sporting world accpets them as a sovereign people of what is considered a nation without borders.

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Originally posted by Cyrus King OH.. i know.. how bout "the world is anti-semetic" and to clear things up.. i didnt make a thread on the number of cheers a nation recieved.. it made it becuase i was surprised to see Palestine there as a NATION..and not just a people.

if so how do u call this? -

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Originally posted by Cyrus King your just jealous that nobody cheered for Israel and they cheered for palestine...nice punch in the face eh?

why do u always have to be so hypocritic???... actually im not wondering coz u behave exactly just like your pal-brothers - always turnin' the things like u wanted them to be...

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Originally posted by BadBadNeil To be honest I didn't see Palestine there, I must have missed it. I think its good that they are there but find it a bit odd still since are they really a country in terms of what we normally define a country as at the moment? Are they a member of the U.N? I thought declaring Palestine as a country was in the process and would take a few years to complete.

As i said earlier in this thraed, weather or not you are as "country" in the olympic has nothing to do with what countries has declared it as one, but with if it has a olympic committee or not... so, palestine and hongkong has one each, although they are not really a country. lots of small islands has one too.

I'm gonna buy my own island then and start an olympic team. I'm gonna call it Neilopia

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Originally posted by St_Andrew As i said earlier in this thraed, weather or not you are as "country" in the olympic has nothing to do with what countries has declared it as one, but with if it has a olympic committee or not... so, palestine and hongkong has one each, although they are not really a country. lots of small islands has one too.

Exactly, just like the Koreas have one team but are obviosly two very different and soveriegn nations.


But in this spirit of the Olympics I do believe it best that Texas has its own Olympic team. Evil IOC oppressing the poor Texan nation

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Originally posted by BadBadNeil I'm gonna buy my own island then and start an olympic team. I'm gonna call it Neilopia

Can I be one of those corrupt committee members? Please pretty please... i wanna visist the 'village' - it has the concetration of the worlds fittest girls all in 1 square mile.

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The construction of the security barrier, in conjunction with Sharon's plan to withdraw from Gaza, has provoked near panic by Arafat. There is fear on the other side of the border that Sharon will impose what is, essentially, a two-state solution. Palestinian leaders, including Yasser Arafat, have denounced the plan to "unilaterally" bestow the autonomy that they have long demanded, but repeatedly rejected.

In recent weeks, open warfare has broken out among and between Palestinian factions. Police station have been attacked and burned. Government buildings have been taken over, officials and commentators attacked and kidnapped -- all contributing to a larger, public disillusionment with the Palestinian leadership.

While Arab hardliners accuse Israelis of everything from using the blood of murdered Christian children in Passover matzah to plotting the removal of all non-Jews from both Israel and the Palestinian territories, Israel's Supreme Court has ordered portions of the barrier moved, at the cost of tens of millions of dollars, to lessen Palestinian hardships. The irony is that Sharon's strategy, to withdraw and cede to the Palestinians full control of their own country, may be the most ruthless thing Israelis are capable of doing to their sworn enemies.

Though critics among Sharon's own countrymen are angry that he would disengage from Gaza without reciprocal concessions, he clearly believes the benefits of such a move outweigh the costs and risks.

Some of those benefits fall into the category of public relations. With no Israeli presence to blame for the many Palestinian problems, including their dismal corruption-plagued economy, the current Palestinian leadership will find it more difficult to evade responsibility for conditions in their territories.
Arafat is in total panic over this. He needs a conflict with Israel to divert attention to his corruption and theft of billions in aid. How else is Arafat going to explain why he stole 5 billion from his people.

http://www.jcpa.org/brief/brief3-30.htm
Mohammad Dahlan in an interview with the Kuwaiti daily al-Watan (1 August 2004) said that Arafat is sitting on "the bodies of the Palestinians and on "their ruins." He also revealed that five billion dollars in financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority over the last number of years has vanished, and that he has no idea what happened to the money.

Dahlan doens't know what happened to the 5 billion.
Try looking in Arafat's Swiss Bank account.

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Originally posted by Cyrus King your just jealous that nobody cheered for Israel and they cheered for palestine...nice punch in the face eh?

You're so pathetic it makes me sick, I really feel sorry for you man.
Stop being so full of hatred and get yourself a life.

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Originally posted by DJ-Kreing^^ You're so pathetic it makes me sick, I really feel sorry for you man. Stop being so full of hatred and get yourself a life.

I love how i can push buttons around here.. espescially zionist ones

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Originally posted by Cyrus King I love how i can push buttons around here.. espescially zionist ones

The thing is that you're not acting like the peace activist you're claiming to be but just like a narrow minded idiot who hates all Israelis just for the reason of them being Israelis.

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