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© 2018 AFPQatar's World Cup bid used 'black operations': UK report
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tooheysnew
and in other news - the sun is hot, & water is wet
Yubaru
Seems to me that someone didn't get enough in their little brown envelope!
WA4TKG
In OTHER "News"; most of the population of the world doesn't CARE.
FizzBit
Very very interesting, ex-CIA operatives hired to spread negative propoganda. Well, I guess they've had a lot of real world experience. This is more like a sneak peek into how the spooks have managed the whole anti-Russia/Putin campaign.
I wanted to read the original story but The Sunday Times wants your e-mail, so no thanks.
Anyway, I also feel this could be part of the Saudi/Israeli continued payback/revenge for Qatars plans to work with Iran on extracting their large and shared gas field.
BeowulfOkami
...US-based office of a public relations firm as well as former CIA agents..
Traitors to their nations.
wanderlust
With so much money, profit and national prestige involved in sports nowadays, it is no wonder that countries and their sports associations, as well as individuals go to such lengths to win the rights to host sports events. It is all about sponsorship, advertising revenue, profits from infrastructure development, and if you look closely enough, you'll find the actual athletes are considered.
Luddite
No one at all is surprised by this. FIFA is so bent it doesn't care what anyone else does as long as they get their cut.
cla68
Unless FIFA officials actually go to jail or go bankrupt, the corruption will continue.
Wakarimasen
Wanderlust
Yes prestige, especially for those seeking a "bread and circuses" effect. But I do not believe any of these host nations make money out of this.
Anyway, my guess this bid was bought and paid for without these type of undercover ops.
goldorak
Probably had a field day in both oz and the us. Plenty of anti-sockah journos, former sports stars etc in the afl, nfl, mlb etc media.
ClippetyClop
A Workd Cup mired in filth ever since Platini sold his federation to Qatar at the behest of PSG fan Sarkozy.
TumbleDry
You mean that plain corruption wasn’t enough?