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	Iran Under Scrutiny for Political Pull-out
		Olympic gold medal favourite, Iran's Arash Miresmaeili, has definitely forfeited his first round clash with Israel's Ehud Vaks - in what a Tehranian official called a political boycott - and judo officials are today considering what sanctions to impose on Iran.
		Dual world champion Miresmaeili was supposed to start his Athens campaign in judo's under-66kg class today, but he was officially withdrawn from competition because he did not make the weight, a reason that surprised the International Judo Federation.
		After his walkover first-round victory, Vaks went on to lose in the third round of the competition.
	www.buzzle.com /editorials/8-15-2004-57879.asp (786 words)

	Untitled Document
		ATHENS -- Arash is Ehud and Ehud is Arash.
		And Vaks sounded disappointed, thoroughly disappointed, though to top off this baffling story exactly what he was disappointed in depended on which journalistic lens you saw the interview through.
		Their contention was that sure, Vaks' words were true, that he felt genuinely disappointed over an Iranian athlete suffering because his country's government refuses to recognize Israel's right to exist.
	www.wcfcourier.com /articles/2004/08/16/olympics/story22.prt (662 words)

	Ehud Vaks Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		and not in the fashion Ehud Vaks imagined as a young boystuffing his own face, and Vaks was curled into a squatabout primordial grudges.
		Dave Hyde ATHENS _ Arash is Ehud and Ehud is Arash.
		IsraelNationalNews.com Israel's Judo champ Ehud (Udi) Vaks won an Olympic round Sunday when his first-rouIranian, Arash Mir-Esmaili, told Iran's news agency that he declined to face an Israelinot upset for the decision I have made.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Ehud_Vaks (223 words)

	the view from here
		Miresaeili carried then Iranian flag in the opening ceremonies Friday night, and is one of the most experienced in his sport but suddenly made a amateurish "error" and was deemed unable to compete.
		Miresmaeili's first match was supposed to be against Israeli Ehud Vaks.
		There is no question that Miresmaeili would have wiped the floor with Vaks but Miresmaeili, fearing retribution in his own country and ignoring the "spirit" of the Olympics refused to compete.
	www.theviewfromhere.net /2004_08_01_archives.html (2239 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 80
		Miresmaeili, twice world champion, finished fifth in Sydney and carried the Iranian flag during the Athens opening ceremony on Friday night.
		But following the draw, Miresmaeili was paired with Ehud Vaks of Israel in the first round of the men's under 66kg category and an Asian Judo Union official said he would be withdrawn rather than face the Israeli.
		Since its 1979 Islamic revolution, Iran has refused to recognise the state of Israel's right to exist and has allied itself to the Palestinian cause.
	www.thedailystar.net /2004/08/15/d40815041341.htm (188 words)

	FactsOfIsrael.com: Whole Iranian team should be disqualified for refusing to compete against Israelis
		Arash Miresmaeili of Iran made his statement Sunday when he refused to compete in an opening-round Judo match here against Ehud Vaks of Israel due to what can only be called religious bigotry cloaked by international politics.
		Just like the UN, the IOC is corrupt and has no moral fiber.
		ATHENS, Greece — Arash Miresmaeili of Iran made his statement Sunday when he refused to compete in an opening-round Judo match here against Ehud Vaks of Israel due to what can only be called religious bigotry cloaked by international politics.
	www.factsofisrael.com /blog/archives/000782.html (2135 words)

	JudoInside.com, Miresmaeili doesn't compete at Olympics
		Iran’s appointed flag bearer will possibly not even carry the flag.
		The draw on Thursday evening put Muresmaeili in his first bout to Israelian Ehud Vaks.
		Muresmaeili doesn’t want to fight in a competition with against Israeli fighters as he sympathized with the Palestinians cause.
	www.judoinside.com /uk/?today/view/190 (248 words)

	Martial Arts - News - Times Topics - The New York Times
		On Friday night, an Iranian named Arash Miresmaeili pulled out of the tournament because he refused to fight Ehud Vaks of Israel.
		Arash Miresmaeili, the Iranian world judo champion who carried his country's flag in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games last night, has pulled out of the tournament rather than fight an Israeli.
		The boyfriend of a critically injured Olympic athlete flung himself over his fourth-floor balcony Monday, re-enacting his girlfriend's fall from the same spot two days earlier.
	topics.nytimes.com /top/reference/timestopics/subjects/m/martial_arts/index.html?offset=70 (689 words)

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