Let's hope that one day soon the rest of our two countries will get along as well as our athletes do. That, in a nutshell, is what the Olympics are all about.


An unidentified member of the US Olympic team waves to a member of the Iraqi team as he smiles back as they pass one another at the opening ceremony of the 2004 summer Olympics in Athens Greece, Friday Aug 13, 2004.(AP Photo/Tom Hanson)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040813/483/olyth11208132215


Members of the Iraqi delegation pose with members of the United States delegation at the Opening Ceremony of the 2004 Olympic Games (news - web sites) in Athens, Friday, Aug. 13, 2004.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040813/483/olymos23308132041


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040813/483/olymos23008132026

A gold-medal moment (Phil Sheridan, Philadephia Inquirer)
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/sports/special_packages/olympics/9395873.htm

American Embrace for Iraqis (Queensland Sunday Mail, Australia)
http://www.thesundaymail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,10444711%255E903,00.html

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