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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - Executive Board Members of the National Olympic Committee of Iraq are joined by Mark Clark of the Coalitional Provisional Authority (grey suit, blue tie, third from left, standing) in front of the newly planted olive tree at the Al Jadriya College of Physical Education in Baghdad. Addressing the crowd is Hussein Saeed, President of the Iraqi Football Association (center, brown suit, no tie, standing). At his far right is Olympian Mohammed Taha, who competed for Iraq in the weightlifting competition at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics (far right, black and white check-shirt, standing). In front of them are members of the youth team from the Iraqi Tae Kwon Do Federation. Today's tree planting ceremony was part of the Olympic Year Global Wreath Project, in which youth on every continent and in every time zone planted an olive tree to honor this year's Olympic homecoming to Athens and salute the peaceful ideals of the International Olympic Movement.
(U.S Air Force Photo by: Staff Sgt. Eric T. Sheler)
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