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Iraqis bask in rare joy after soccer win (AP via Yahoo! News)
Tens of thousands of Iraqis from the Shiite south to the Kurdish-dominated north poured into the usually treacherous streets Sunday to celebrate a rare moment of joy and unity when the national team won Asia’s most prestigious soccer tournament.
Soccer makes it the right day to return to Baghdad - Reuters.uk
Soccer makes it the right day to return to BaghdadReuters.uk, UK - 9 minutes agoBy Peter Graff Five hours after I touched down in the Iraqi capital I found myself decked out in an Iraqi soccer team T-shirt, screaming my head off and …
TRIGGER HAPPINESS AS IRAQI SOCCER ‘HEROES’ CLAIM CUP (New York Post)
BAGHDAD - Defying orders from authorities, revelers fired celebratory gunshots and poured into the streets after Iraq beat Saudi Arabia to clinch its first Asian Cup soccer championship yesterday. Mosques broadcast calls to stop the shootings…