us_says_iraq_hostilities_not_covered_by_olympic_tr
12 August 2004
*
a_point_in_time
*
"
US
says
Iraq
hostilities
not
covered
by
Olympic truce"
040812
...
An "amazing" newslink
2
hours
,
52
minutes
ago
http
://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1521&e=4&u=/afp/20040812/pl_afp/oly_2004_usa_iraq_truce_040812215714
WASHINGTON
(AFP) -
The
United
States
said
that
its
military
operations
in
Iraq
are
not
covered
by
the
so
-called Olympic truce
that
it
signed
on
to
last
year
at
the
United
Nations
.
On
the
eve
of
the
opening
of
the
2004
Olympics
in
Athens,
the
State
Department
said
US
soldiers
now
fighting
in
Iraq
would
not
be
bound
by
the
terms
of
the
truce
that
calls
for
all
nations
in
conflict
to
observe
a
traditional
ceasefire
during
the
Games
. 040812
040812
...
A "point"
On
November
3
,
2003
,
the
United
States
was
among
190
of
191
UN
General
Assembly members
to
co-sponsor
and
adopt
a
Greek-submitted
resolution
entitled
"
Building
a
Peaceful
and
Better
World
Through
Sport
and
the
Olympic
Ideals
,"
the
key
component
of
which
was
the
truce.
040812
...
Moment_of_truth
The_Images_of_Americans
...
040812
...
.
around_and_across
2004
Olympics
in
Athens- "
Building
a
Peaceful
and
Better
World
Through
Sport
and
the
Olympic
Ideals
,"...
040812
...
why not
That
the
United_States
should
be
"
Bar
"
from
the
Games
of
the
XXVIII Olympiad
to
be
held
in
Athens,
Greece
,
from
13
to
29
August
2004
...
?
040812
what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from
