The International Olympic Committee has reversed its suspension of Iraq for the Beijing Games.
Iraq was banned last week after the government disbanded the country's National Olympic Committee (NOC), a move that had angered the IOC. IOC officials said they had to decided to reverse their ban because Baghdad had pledged to ensure the independence of its national Olympic committee. The decision follows last-minute talks on Tuesday between Iraqi officials and the IOC in Lausanne, Switzerland. Iraq is expected to send two athletes to Beijing. Five others lost their chance to go when the final date to select competitors for archery, judo, rowing and weightlifting passed last week.
(Deutsche Welle)
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