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A winding road for Iraq's paralympic team - 05 Sept 2008

The Paralympic Games will soon begin in Beijing where at least 4,000 disabled athletes from around the world will compete. Al Jazeera's Omar al Saleh went to meets with the contestants who despite facing troubled times at home and a lack of funding, Iraq is sending its largest team to date.

AlJazeera | September 5, 2008Watch more videos from AlJazeera

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