Iraq in Asian Games Soccer Final
The streets of Iraq were quiet for 90 minutes as the soccer team played in the Asian Games final, hoping for gold. People were anticipating victory, as a united nation, but the simmering ‘sectarian’ tension remained… “I urge the people not to shoot in celebration of the victory of the Iraqi team,” Sheik Abdul Hadi Mohammedawi told worshippers in Sadr City hours before the game began. “It squanders ammunition.” For the record, Iraq lost 1-0 to Qatar. ...