Saif, a member of Sons of Iraq (Abna al-Iraq), said he is very happy to see the two teams play in Masafee.

“Things have changed in the last year,” Saif said. “Last year, no one could play. Everyone had to stay in their house, but now we can come together and be together.”

The SoI provided security for the soccer match, which members of the Rashid District Council and the Director of Masafee attended, he said.

“I help to ensure security in the area,” Saif said. “I help to make this event possible for the Iraqis to come together and play soccer together.”

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I like his style and I hope the surgery and rehab goes well.

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Chasing a lifelong dream for a career in professional baseball … It’s a story as distinctly American as apple pie.

Now add a dramatic twist: the pitching prospect is a U.S. Marine deployed to Iraq. He has his ball, glove and an intense desire to overcome a past elbow injury. Peers are cheering him on, pushing him to new levels in the gym and putting themselves on the receiving end of increasingly faster pitches.

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One of the little known stars of the sporting world is from the Rochester, New York area. Jenn Stuczynski is a top woman’s pole vaulter, and she just broke her own American record.

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DoD
By Sgt. Jim Wilt, USA
Special to American Forces Press Service
As millions of Americans gathered around their televisions to watch Super Bowl XLII last night, servicemembers here rolled out of beds, cots or sleeping bags to watch the big game in the early morning hours.
The New York Giants and New England Patriots each had plenty of [...]

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Prof. Mike Adams says:
So why is a 12-year-old mature enough to have an abortion while a 21-year-old [Ashley Olsen] is too immature to date Lance Armstrong? The answer lies in what I think feminism has come to mean now that a woman has the same opportunities as a man:
Feminism is a political movement that seeks [...]

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In my continuing efforts to reveal the Tongan takeover in Iraq, I give you this story:

Before each game, the Tongan Marines perform a traditional Haka named Mate Ma’a Tonga, which in English means ‘To die for Tonga.’ (USMC photo/Sgt. Darhonda Rodela)
DVIDS
By Marine Sgt. Darhonda Rodela
Multi-National Corps-Iraq Public Affairs Office
Seven large, intimidating men line up and [...]

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The answer is to be found in Lapland, it seems.
Or was that Lapdanceland?
Telegraph
Now Dr Samuli Helle, University of Turku, has found the answer with the help of a study of the nomadic Sami, the “reindeer people” of Finland.
Finnish parish records from the 17th to 19th century on three Sami populations, who depended on reindeer herding, [...]

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I’ve seen this sort of routine done several times, without coming close to being in poor taste. Go, look at the video, and decide for yourself. I think the principal might like teenaged girls far more than he’d admit, thus the mote in his eye. They are wearing, in fact, not panties at all but [...]

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This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.
Bull Durham

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