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Rashid Olympic Soccer Games Underway in Iraq
The Rashid Olympic Games are underway in southern Baghdad as 14 teams compete in a local soccer tournament for the chance to become champions. Two teams from the Masafee Hayys, part of the Doura community in southeastern Baghdad, faced off in a championship match at a community soccer field July 31 in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad. Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers played a key role in the event, working as advisors to the local community leaders and, best of all, observing the games, said Capt. Thao Reed, commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. Reed said her primary role is to help the Iraqi leaders from the local neighborhood councils with their initial planning and ongoing efforts to create … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, Sports, War on Terror
Soccer Balls Headed for Iraq
R News by Mike Hedeen Playing on a thick, green pitch with a regulation soccer ball is something most kids take for granted. Those in Iraq don’t have that luxury. A couple of local soccer enthusiasts are doing something to help. They’ve joined the Kick for Nick campaign. It supplies new and used soccer balls to Iraqi children. “My brother’s in the army, he’s on his second tour over there,†said Brian Elniski, Rochester Elite Soccer Academy director. “I’ve been involved in soccer my life whole life and I thought wow, what a great cause. And of course it was very touching to see Nick’s parents keep this whole thing going.” Kick for Nick was founded by the parents of U.S. Army PFC Nick Madaras. After the Connecticut soldier saw children trying to … Read entire article »
Filed under: Americas North Shore, Iraq
Rashid Olympics Kick Off
This is outstanding! I hope the kids have a lot of fun and it brightens their lives and their communities. More than 400 soccer players from across southern Baghdad crowded a chalk-lined soccer field in the Aamel community to kick off the opening ceremony for the Rashid Olympics June 14 only minutes after the Iraqi National team defeated China in the Asia Championship tournament. Approximately 332 teams from 14 communities began the soccer tournament, which will take place across the district over the next three months until a champion is crowned at the closing ceremony in September 2008. “The ceremony went well,†said Capt. Thao Reed, the commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad. “It exceeded expectations and it … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
U.S. Military Aids Honduras
As Chris Camacho passed out soccer balls on April 24 to a smiling group of local children in a dusty village just down the road from here, he thought of his father, who grew up in an impoverished area of Guadalajara, Mexico, and used to play soccer using a tube sock stuffed with rolled-up newspapers. “It took me back to him telling stories about his life growing up and of when they would have people … Read entire article »
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