But every right-thinking person must hope that the day will come soon when these fourjustmen of Pathein will be able to take up their positions as elected members of parliament.
British 800m champion Michael Rimmer, 400m man Martin Rooney and Andy Baddeley over 1500m also have outside shots of gold, while sprint hurdlers Andy Turner and Will Sharman are two of thefourmen separated at the top of the European rankings by just five hundredths of a second.
Sale are currently sixth in the Guinness Premiership, eight points behind leaders Gloucester with a game in hand - and just a point adrift of the top four finish that would earn Lobbe's men a place in the end of season play-offs.
Hamza Hussein was part of the Iraqi men's four team that came fifth whilst Haidar Rashid won one of just three Iraqi medals in the Games, taking bronze in the men's single sculls event.
Mr Saeed said they were just about to leave for the airport at 2300 local time (1800 GMT) when fourmen - armed with guns and a grenade - approached the house.