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	Podcast:		Sporting Witness
	Episode:		Football glory unites Iraq
	Category:		Sports & Recreation
	Duration:		00:09:03
	Publish Date:		2019-08-08 03:00:00
	Description:		In 2007, the Iraqi football team sparked wild celebrations throughout the country after winning the Asian Cup in a tense final against Saudi Arabia in Jakarta. The Iraqi players were semi-professionals who were forced to prepare the tournament in Jordan because of a security crisis at home that was claiming tens of thousands of lives every year. Their shock semi-final victory over South Korea was marred by a suicide-bomb attack on celebrating supporters in Baghdad which kills dozens. Steve Hankey talks to Iraqi defender, Haider Hassan, and football journalist, Rafeq Alokaby. The programme is a Whistledown Production. PHOTO: Iraqi captain, Younis Mohmoud, celebrates (AFP/Getty Images)
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