Author: José Carlos
Date: 03:18:18 05/19/04
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On May 19, 2004 at 06:03:02, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >On May 19, 2004 at 05:36:40, José Carlos wrote: > >>On May 19, 2004 at 05:33:50, Richard Pijl wrote: >> >>>On May 19, 2004 at 05:05:54, Jouni Uski wrote: >>> >>>>Number 1 favourite is missing, why? >>>> >>>>Jouni >>> >>>Hydra is officially from the UAE. As I understood the sponsors do not allow >>>Hydra to participate in an event in Israel. >>>Richard. >> >> Maybe if Hydra could connect remotely, the sponsors wouldn't disallow it...(?) >> > >As you know Hydra is now owned by a company in United Arab Emirates. Combine >that with the fact that the tournament is held in Israel, and you get political >problems. > >We clearly told the Hydra team that they are most welcomed to play here under >the flag of United Arab Emirates, but apparently their sponsors do not want to >play here. > >Personally I find it very unfortunate that political considerations of UAE stop >Hydra from participating in the WCCC. Yes, I totally agree. It is unfortunate. I was only trying to suggest a solution. José C.
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