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Iraq's head coach Graham Arnold is currently in the UAE with his team's crucial World Cup play-off just weeks away. Chris Whiteoak / The National

Iraq's World Cup 2026 play-off plans disrupted by Middle East crisis

Team's Australian coach Graham Arnold in UAE and unable to link up with squad ahead of winner-take-all clash in Mexico on March 31

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