IOC members include
ex-government sports ministers,
retired military generals,
a former defense minister in Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime,
an ex-head of the South Korean CIA
and a former member of the Stasi, East Germany's secret police.
Prince Albert of Monaco,
Britain's Princess Anne,
Prince Faisal Fahd Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia,
the crown prince of the Netherlands and Prince Henri of Luxembourg are members,
as is Boris Yeltsin's former private tennis coach, Shamil Tarpishev.
As one former IOC member described the organisation:
"It lives among itself. The members are like cardinals in the Vatican. Governments come and go, it doesn't matter to us."
real athletes, true sportsmen of the world, let's challenge I.O.C. the "big brother" and it's olympic partners, let's discuss about scandals corruption and dopping superathletes!!
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Samaranch the Francoist Fascist
Samaranch, the son of wealthy Barcelona textile family, has headed the IOC for the last 19 years.
Samaranch joined Spain's fascist movement in his teens and was appointed that country's Sports Minister by General Franco in 1966.
He remained a loyal Francoist until the dictator's death in 1975 and two years later was made ambassador to Russia--a position he used to establish contacts with Soviet sporting bureaucrats, thus securing the votes he needed to be elected IOC president in 1980
Samaranch joined Spain's fascist movement in his teens and was appointed that country's Sports Minister by General Franco in 1966.
He remained a loyal Francoist until the dictator's death in 1975 and two years later was made ambassador to Russia--a position he used to establish contacts with Soviet sporting bureaucrats, thus securing the votes he needed to be elected IOC president in 1980