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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 16:32, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
... that Olympic flagbearer Raed Ahmed defected after seeing Bill Clinton clapping (pictured)? Source: "Ahmed said he saw President Clinton clapping for the Iraqi team. Sure that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein would not do the same for a U.S. team, Ahmed said that helped seal his decision to defect." Tyranny prompts defection
ALT1:... that Iraqi defector Raed Ahmed was forbidden from looking at Bill Clinton(pictured)? Source: "Before the opening ceremony, he was told repeatedly to not look at President Clinton by Saddam's former translator, Anmar Mahmoud, who had travelled with the Olympic team." The daring escape sparked by one forbidden glance
ALT2:... that flagbearer Raed Ahmed was the second defector in a week at the Olympics? Source: "Ahmed, who finished 23rd in the 218-pound weight class Sunday, is the second defection at the Olympics this week." Tyranny prompts defection
ALT3:... that defector Raed Ahmed was called a "candle burning for Iraq"? Source: "And at the back of the press conference room, a Kuwaiti television commentator named Mohammed Al-Misnan realized the weight of the defector’s burden... 'Ahmed is now a candle burning for Iraq. And in time a candle burns out.'" Defector rejecting Saddam, not Iraq
ALT4:... that Olympic flagbearer Raed Ahmed defected from Iraq while his minders were preparing to go to the zoo? Source: "The 29-year-old weightlifter slipped away as his team was preparing to visit the zoo Wednesday" Iraqi says life rides on defection attempt
Comment: Noting that my personal preference is for either ALT0 or ALT1, though ALT0 is of course a more natural fit for the photo. I'm also open to requests to make the hooks a little more cryptic to draw the reader in (it's a difficult balance to strike, trying to give enough information to draw them in while not giving too much).
5x expanded by Sdrqaz (talk). Self-nominated at 00:25, 2 October 2021 (UTC).
I like ALT0 best. Only 1 DYK credit, so exempt from QPQ. GeneralPoxter (talk • contribs) 16:28, 15 October 2021 (UTC)