Iran cycling team runs

[Mike Kruger]

http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/frontpage/2007/0519/1179498325898.html
Iran 'cycling team' make a break for it

The FBD Insurance Rás cycling race will start tomorrow minus one team,
following the disappearance of what was believed to be an Iranian national
selection. Shane Stokes reports.

Following months of negotiations between the race organiser Dermot Dignam
and what appeared to be a legitimate vice-president of the Iranian national
cycling federation, visas were granted for five riders and four team
officials to travel to the race, marking the first entry from the Middle
Eastern country.

The first indication that something was amiss was when four of the group
arrived a week earlier than scheduled....

© 2007 The Irish Times

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(2007).

 

[John Kane]

On May 19, 9:56 pm, "Mike Kruger" <[email protected]> wrote:
> http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/frontpage/2007/0519/1179498325898.html
> Iran 'cycling team' make a break for it
>
> The FBD Insurance Rás cycling race will start tomorrow minus one team,
> following the disappearance of what was believed to be an Iranian national
> selection. Shane Stokes reports.
>
> Following months of negotiations between the race organiser Dermot Dignam
> and what appeared to be a legitimate vice-president of the Iranian national
> cycling federation, visas were granted for five riders and four team
> officials to travel to the race, marking the first entry from the Middle
> Eastern country.
>
> The first indication that something was amiss was when four of the group
> arrived a week earlier than scheduled....


But what ingenuity

 

[Werehatrack]

On 20 May 2007 14:12:56 -0700, John Kane <[email protected]> may
have said:

>On May 19, 9:56 pm, "Mike Kruger" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/frontpage/2007/0519/1179498325898.html
>> Iran 'cycling team' make a break for it
>>
>> The FBD Insurance Rás cycling race will start tomorrow minus one team,
>> following the disappearance of what was believed to be an Iranian national
>> selection. Shane Stokes reports.
>>
>> Following months of negotiations between the race organiser Dermot Dignam
>> and what appeared to be a legitimate vice-president of the Iranian national
>> cycling federation, visas were granted for five riders and four team
>> officials to travel to the race, marking the first entry from the Middle
>> Eastern country.
>>
>> The first indication that something was amiss was when four of the group
>> arrived a week earlier than scheduled....
>
>
>But what ingenuity

If that race were in the US, there'd be a massive hunt for the
"escaped terrorists" underway.




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