Zidane’s Al Qaida ties revealed
It was revealed today that French-Algerian Soccer star Zenedine Zidane has had ties to Al Qaida and its leader the notorious Osama Bin Laden for over ten years. In fact, prior to 9/11, Zidane had contributed over $10 million to the terrorist organization. What caused the head butt in the World Cup final that France lost on Sunday, was when the Italian defender called him “Bin Laden” It had nothing to do with a slur against his sister or mother as had previously been reported.
Israel ‘exploiting World Cup
A leading hardline Iranian cleric on Friday accused Israel of exploiting international public attention on the World Cup in order to commit “dastardly deeds” in the Gaza Strip.”They are doing dastardly deeds and they are doing it while people are attentively following the events of the World Cup,” Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati said in a sermon at Tehran University.
Iran was knocked out of the football tournament in the first round, and state television has now begun showing film clips of Israeli violence - juxtaposed with happy World Cup spectators - in its ongoing match coverage.
“The security situation there is such that no one and nothing has any safety,” Jannati said of the Gaza Strip, under fierce attack since Palestinian militants captured an Israeli soldier on June 25.
Drawing chants of “Death to America” and “Death to Israel”, Jannati also took a swipe at the Muslim clergy.
“Why are you keeping silent while the atrocities are going on? If you do not protest you are supporting them,” said the ayatollah, who heads Iran’s Guardian Council - a powerful political and electoral watchdog controlled by hardliners.
Italy will beat France for championship
Two stylish European teams meet at the World Cup final in Berlin on Sunday – one with youth and an extra off day on its side, the other with the greatest player at this tournament, Zinedine Zidane.
Neither of them the pre-tournament favorites, France and Italy each survived several close calls, several crises and one remarkable competitive test to get this far. As the professorial French coach, Raymond Domenech put it, “There were two real deeds in this cup. Our deed against Brazil, and then Italy beating Germany in Dortmund, and they did it in style.”
Euro ‘06
The World Cup has turned into a European Cup, with the French dismantling of favored, and overrated Brazil. The Franch dominated the game. The score should have been 3-0. Brazil couldn’t get a shot off. They had no problems with Austrailia and Ghana, but once they had a little competition, Brazil faded.
If England had defeated Portugal, you would have had a reenactment of the Munich conference of 1938, with Germany, Italy, France and England.