Iraq will not participate in Asian bowling tournament

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Iraqi Bowling Federation announced on Saturday that Iraq will not participate in the Asian bowling tournament that will take place in Vietnam by the end of this month. “The Iraqi team will be busy participating in the Arab tournament in Bahrain,” Zahid Nouri Gateaa, a member of the Iraqi Olympic Committee’s executive office, told Iraqi News. The Asian bowling tournament will start on Oct. 30 and end on Nov. 8, 2009. MH (P) / SS 1