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Chicago airport interrogation delays Iraqi soccer star

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Chicago airport interrogation delays Iraqi soccer star

Iraq's World Cup striker, Aymen Hussein, was held and questioned for nearly seven hours at Chicago's O'Hare airport after arriving with the squad early on Saturday, an Iraqi sporting official said.

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