5,000 Participate in Second Annual Erbil Marathon in Iraq (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, November 26, 2012, 8:16 PM
Over 5,000 participated in the Second Annual Erbil Marathon in Iraq.
Aswat Al-Iraq reported:
Erbil’s 2nd marathon started in front of the Kurdistan parliament with the participation of more than 5,000 from Iraq and abroad under the title “let’s run together for peace and development”.
“The Marathon, organized by non governmental organizations and backed by UNAMI and Arbil provincial, council started today with the participation of more than 5,000 persons from 40 countries,” Abdulsattar Esamat, head of the non-governmental organizations union in Kurdistan, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
The Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) for Iraq, Mr.
Martin Kobler, took part in the marathon and told Aswat al-Iraq news agency correspondent “I feel happy because I’m taking part in the marathon and because of this large participation from citizens”.“We will prepare from now to participate in the next year marathon and we will be happy if young women increased their participation,” he added
Thank you, George W. Bush.
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Remco Kimber commented:
Hey, contain the old enthusiasm here. These people are in the end Muslims. With all the baggage.
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:
Looking at the picture, I’m curious about something – where are the women?
bg commented:
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they did a great job on the marathon!!
looks like they had great weather too!!
may God Bless all who had their
hearts and minds in this event..
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robotech master commented:
#2 November 26, 2012 at 8:30 pm
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:
“Looking at the picture, I’m curious about something – where are the women?”
If you watch the video they got a chick in it. Most women are not going to take the risk.
#1 November 26, 2012 at 8:27 pm
Remco Kimber commented:
“Hey, contain the old enthusiasm here. These people are in the end Muslims. With all the baggage.”
The kurds are very western… a easy way to look at them is they are basically arab jews. They are smart understand tech, understand free market business and are hated by all the arabs around them.
Yes they do have problems but I would rate them about the same level of retardation as your avg eurotard.
bg commented:
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#2 November 26, 2012 at 8:30 pm
Blacque Jacques Shellacque
look harder, i saw a few..
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bg commented:
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with Barack as out dear leader,
i wonder how they rate US..
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shadow commented:
Looking at the picture, I’m curious about something – where are the women?
Have you ever tried to run in a burqa?
bg commented:
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and to think that even Iraqi men playing sports
were shot for wearing shorts not so long ago..
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serfer62 commented:
The Kurds have the best battalons in Iraq, the most stable govorment, safest cities, more cosmoplitian, least burkas, best police force in Iraq.
And now this
Boy this is gonna piss off the Turks
bg commented:
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serfer62 #11 November 26, 2012 at 9:57 pm
speaking of Turks (bit more)..
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MoreLiberty commented:
“#1 November 26, 2012 at 8:27 pm
Remco Kimber commented:
Hey, contain the old enthusiasm here. These people are in the end Muslims. With all the baggage.”
Don’t you ever get tired of hate? Most people around the world, most individuals just want to live their lives and be with their family. Not everything is about politics or religion.
MoreLiberty commented:
“#9 November 26, 2012 at 9:10 pm
shadow commented:
Looking at the picture, I’m curious about something – where are the women?
Have you ever tried to run in a burqa?”
Another ignorant statement by another bigoted dumb-ass. They do not wear the Burqa in Iraq. Most women wear the hijab if that. I have seen a few women wear full covering but it’s rare because Iraq, unlike Afghanistan, is relatively secular.
robotech master commented:
#15 November 27, 2012 at 5:59 am
MoreLiberty commented:
“Another ignorant statement by another bigoted dumb-ass.”
You should talk when you make retarded statements like this.
#14 November 27, 2012 at 5:56 am
MoreLiberty commented:
“Don’t you ever get tired of hate? Most people around the world, most individuals just want to live their lives and be with their family. Not everything is about politics or religion.
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Their is a reason why socialist is the standard throughout the world…. your ignorant and simplistic view of the world doesn’t conform to the facts, reality, history of the world the rest of us live in.
Jerry C commented:
@ #15 MoreLiberty
#9 Shadow-”Looking at the picture, I’m curious about something – where are the women? Have you ever tried to run in a burqa?”
It’s called a sense of humor. PC has got you all uptight. Relax. Have you ever tried to run in a burqa? Hilarious.
lethargic commented:
Where are the women runners? Are women allowed in this event?
bg commented:
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lethargic #18 November 27, 2012 at 1:52 pm
aah, there are none so blind..
they didn’t film all 5,000 runners, that’s impossible, but watch the film
clip again, i saw a few women, there’s also a few more pictured here..
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