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        "msgid": "stange-defends-decision-on-iraq-1447893297",
        "date": "2003-11-02 00:00:00",
        "title": "Stange defends decision on Iraq",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AFP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Stange defends decision on Iraq PERTH, Australia: Iraq soccer coach Bernd Stange on Friday defended his decision to take on the job while Saddam Hussein was still in power before the United States-led invasion of the country. Agreeing that at one stage he had been called \"the Devil's coach\", the former East German manager said he had accepted the position because it gave him his last chance to take a national side to the World Cup finals.",
        "content": "<p>Stange defends decision on Iraq<\/p>\n<p>PERTH, Australia: Iraq soccer coach Bernd Stange on Friday<br>\ndefended his decision to take on the job while Saddam Hussein was<br>\nstill in power before the United States-led invasion of the<br>\ncountry.<\/p>\n<p>Agreeing that at one stage he had been called \"the Devil's<br>\ncoach\", the former East German manager said he had accepted the<br>\nposition because it gave him his last chance to take a national<br>\nside to the World Cup finals.<\/p>\n<p>\"At the age of 55, it was my last chance to see a World Cup --<br>\nthe World Cup of 2006 in my home country, Germany,\" he said on<br>\nAustralian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) television.<\/p>\n<p>Stange is visiting Western Australia, where he coached top<br>\nclub side Perth Glory for three years until 2001, to pave the way<br>\nfor a match between Iraq and Australia here Nov. 16.<\/p>\n<p>Iraq has already qualified for next year's Asian Cup, meaning<br>\nit is one of the best 16 teams in Asia despite the deprivations<br>\nafter the recent conflict. --AFP<\/p>",
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