The USA Badminton team? Seriously? Is this a joke? Sadly, I can actually see us going to war because we were not allowed to hit a shuttle cock around in Iran.
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > The State Department confirms that the USA Badminton team has been > forced to cancel its trip to Iran because Iranian officials did not > issue the team visas in time for the tournament that begins tomorrow. > > The State Department is privately furious, and spokesman Robert Wood > said on the record this morning that it was "a very unfortunate > situation" and "not a good sign." > > He said the U.S. is working through Swiss intermediaries to find out > what happened and USA Badminton is seeking clarification from Iranian > badminton representatives. > > Wood even hinted this move by the Iranians could factor into the Obama > administration's Iran policy review. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:287430 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
