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
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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
