http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/2007/07/30/asian-cup-enters-new-era-with-iraq-win/ Just another Blogs.reuters.com weblog Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:31:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/2007/07/30/asian-cup-enters-new-era-with-iraq-win/#comment-235554 hidom Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:37:37 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/2007/07/30/asian-cup-enters-new-era-with-iraq-win/#comment-235554 a modern fairytale! a modern fairytale!

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/2007/07/30/asian-cup-enters-new-era-with-iraq-win/#comment-230490 London Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:27:37 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/2007/07/30/asian-cup-enters-new-era-with-iraq-win/#comment-230490 It's an amazing achievement, and makes me remember the days when Uday Hussein used to be in charge of Iraqi sport and ordered players to be tortured. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uday_Hussein. Is it a turning point for the Asian Cup? Maybe. But the big question is whether it will be a turning point for Iraq. Doubtful, obviously. It’s an amazing achievement, and makes me remember the days when Uday Hussein used to be in charge of Iraqi sport and ordered players to be tortured. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uday_Hussei n.
Is it a turning point for the Asian Cup? Maybe. But the big question is whether it will be a turning point for Iraq. Doubtful, obviously.

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