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Islamic State urges FIFA to deprive Qatar of the World Cup

Islamic State urges FIFA to deprive Qatar of the World Cup

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Jul 09, 2014
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By James M. Dorsey

A purported letter by the Islamic State, the jihadist group that controls chunks of Syria and Iraq, has warned world soccer body FIFA not to hold the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, reviving concerns first raised in a FIFA security assessment warning two weeks before it was awarded the tournament that there could be a high risk of terrorist a…

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