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 From: stderr2@backpacker.com 
  
 Nicolas Benicoeur wrote: 
 > 
 > > > I don't see why the poor Greeks should suffer for a war they had 
 nothing 
 > > to 
 > > > do with. Already Greece has had to foot a 1 bn Euro bill for security 
 > > whilst 
 > > > ticket sales have been dreadful. 
 > > 
 > > Greece wanted to host the Olympics, it was their choice. 
 > 
 > I still fail to see the connection between the Greece Olympics and the war 
 > in Iraq, especially since the Greeks were against the war. 
 > 
 Al Qaeda doesn't care about the war in Iraq. They care about causing 
 destruction and the Olympics would be a good place to do it. 
  
  
  
 -- 
 He and Evie soon fell into a conversation of the "No, I didn't; yes, you 
 did" type--conversation which, though fascinating to those who are 
 engaged in it, neither desires nor deserves the attention of others. 
 -+E.M. Forster, "Howards End" 
  
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