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2007-07-29 Iraq

Iraq upsets all odds (and Saudi Arabia) to win first Asian Cup

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Posted by Seafarious 2007-07-29 11:10|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 NO!!!!! Iraq is a lost cause, not even a world champion at anything can come out of Iraq!!!! (oh my head hurts)

Posted by U.S. Liberal Main Stream Media 2007-07-29 11:36|| 2007-07-29 11:36|| Front Page Top

#2 "Gunfire after Iraq wins soccer game" is the headline one Main Stream Media outlet is using.

Posted by Gleting McGurque3746 2007-07-29 11:47|| 2007-07-29 11:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Funny how much better you can play when you're not worried about Saddam's hellspawn putting you up on a hook if you lose...

Posted by PBMcL 2007-07-29 11:51|| 2007-07-29 11:51|| Front Page Top

#4 Too cool!

(And I don't even give a rat's ass about sports.)

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2007-07-29 13:05|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2007-07-29 13:05|| Front Page Top

#5 Mahmoud, who was named best player of the tournament, said one of the tragedies of the war was that the team would not even be able to return to Iraq with the trophy.

"I wish we could go, but you just don't know who will kill you," he said.

That says a lot about what sort of a "country" Iraq is. Ground zero for man's inhumanity to man. And wearing dueling Islamic crescents.

Posted by Lone Ranger 2007-07-29 13:05|| 2007-07-29 13:05|| Front Page Top

#6 I also do not give a rat's patootie about 99% of sports but this is a HUGE WIN for Iraq and America's liberation of it. While I may not care personally, I do realize how many other populations tie their own prestige to the performance of local sports teams.

Due to how soccer receives almost total global coverage, news of Iraq's win is going to reach a lot of different quarters; Not a few of them Islamic. Try as they might, most people won't be able to disassociate America's role in facilitating Iraq's win. Likewise, I'm even willing to go out on a limb and posit that, with this victory, even Iraq's citizens might adopt a more favorable view of their American liberators.

Well, enough senseless optimism for one day.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-07-29 14:31|| 2007-07-29 14:31|| Front Page Top

#7 Aw, c'mon, Zen!

The brave Iraqi won in spite of their Great Satanic oppressors! I thought you could think more Islamic-like!

Great news, however the MSM/jihadis spin it.

Posted by Bobby 2007-07-29 18:17|| 2007-07-29 18:17|| Front Page Top

#8 I thought you could think more Islamic-like!

I try, but my ass always gets real tired after a few minutes.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-07-29 18:22|| 2007-07-29 18:22|| Front Page Top

#9 Do any of these guys have any connection to the players who Saddam tortured for not winning against us a few years back?

Posted by gorb 2007-07-29 21:31|| 2007-07-29 21:31|| Front Page Top

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