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It would seem that they have indeed proven that there is one area Iraq can excel in. (http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/29/iraq.soccer/index.html)

Congratulations Iraq, you still suck at life, but at least you can be happy about your soccer/football team for a day or so.

On a side note, I have no idea how you football/soccer folks can even consider 'heading' a ball. The entire concept sounds vaguely painful and potentially damaging. If it wins the game though, I guess...

Celebratory Gunfire over a vicarious sporting victory.

You know, Iraqis aren't all that different from Texans.

I loled at this, and their great celebration to it.

Well Done IRAQ!!!!

*throws a party*

Good for them. A real American success story. :p

"This winning has united the Iraqis and nobody has been this since a long time," said Yassir Mohammed, a 35-year-old Sunni from western Baghdad, as the sounds of gunshots popped around him.

Hundreds of people also gathered in the Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah, 160 miles northeast of Baghdad, chanting "Baghdad is victorious." Revelers drove their cars through the streets, honking horns and waving Kurdish and Iraqi flags in a show of unity.
Perhaps this would be a good time for US forces to slip out the back door and allow the Iraqis to build upon this "show of unity"?

On a side note, I have no idea how you football/soccer folks can even consider 'heading' a ball. The entire concept sounds vaguely painful and potentially damaging. If it wins the game though, I guess...

You use your forehead. Not complex really - it's a ball, not a concrete block.

Good for them. A real American success story. :p

You win.

Good for them. A real American success story. :p

You win.
I think you are right!!

Congratulations Iraq, you still suck at life, but at least you can be happy about your soccer/football team for a day or so.



I suppose when the US Army "sucks" at bringing freedom, everything else goes down the toilet.

What's so alien about the concept of heading a ball, also? Sometimes it pays to use you head.

if you connect right it's fine. you're skull's pretty thick at the front and as long as you angle to deflect rather than reflect the path of the ball you don't receive that much of a blow anyway.

Congrats to the Iraqis!

Hmm... I wouldn't suggest "heading" too much (http://www.nypost.com/seven/07242007/news/nationalnews/heading_for_trouble_nationalnews_.htm).

Celebratory Gunfire over a vicarious sporting victory.

You know, Iraqis aren't all that different from Texans.

Atleast they don't light cars on fire in their own cities after winning a championship like most cities in the US do when their team wins.

Wait, how could they tell the celebratory gunfire from the usual gunfire?

This, of course, is the immediate precursor to the mentality the Brits have over their football games .... ensuing riots, mass stampedes, mobs, mayhem and murder. WooT.

This, of course, is the immediate precursor to the mentality the Brits have over their football games .... ensuing riots, mass stampedes, mobs, mayhem and murder. WooT.

I say it's the first step towards civil society, I mean, if you can get your pent up anger out by screaming your head off at sports opponents, and then flipping and burning cars after the game, once or twice a year, that's a far sight better than what we've got in Iraq these days.

You win.

I think you are right!!

Wow. I win, and a seasoned debater seconds it. Wow.

Hmm... I wouldn't suggest "heading" too much (http://www.nypost.com/seven/07242007/news/nationalnews/heading_for_trouble_nationalnews_.htm).

boxing does that ten times worse. and that's also fun. most pursuits of pleasure and excellence involve some sort of sacrifice. what's a few braincells when it comes down to it anyway?

I say it's the first step towards civil society, I mean, if you can get your pent up anger out by screaming your head off at sports opponents, and then flipping and burning cars after the game, once or twice a year, that's a far sight better than what we've got in Iraq these days.Controlled/channeled chaos, eh?
Hmmm ... why not start them off with the primer, you know, pro wrestling?
http://www.jonkinsman.com/images/goldberg.jpg

Actually, it appears they're working on that too. Everything seems in order, kinda.
Next is porn, of course.
http://www.sattlers.org/mickey/site/archive/2003/03/images/neuchatel.jpg

Even if no one else understands, I'm happy for them. Football is the one area that all Iraqis have in common, in the team Sunnis, Shias and Kurds all play side by side.

And besides, I'm happy whenever the underdog wins something, and in a tournament with South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Australia in it, that's precisely what happened.

We should hold a massive soccer tournement and rig it so Iag wins most of it, thus solving all of iraq's problems forever.

I'm happy for Iraq, but I'm sure there's idiots willing to blow up celebrating Iraqis in the streets still.

Even if no one else understands, I'm happy for them. Football is the one area that all Iraqis have in common, in the team Sunnis, Shias and Kurds all play side by side.

And besides, I'm happy whenever the underdog wins something, and in a tournament with South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Australia in it, that's precisely what happened.

Watch out for Iraq! They could make the world cup and do some damage like they did in the Olympics.