Soccer Unification
They're at perpetual loggerheads - suspicious, envious, aggravated, fearful of one anothers' intent and trustworthiness. They were once neighbours, but factional war-mongering and infiltration by foreign jihadists has created adversaries of them. The Shiites, the Sunnis, the Kurds - all Iraqis, all pulling in opposite directions, all heavily besieged both by the terrorists who have flooded their borders and their own bitterly divided militants.But the Asia Cup soccer matches have brought them together in a passionate scenario of togetherness, all cheering on their national soccer team. Despite the dreadful adversity that Iraqis undergo day by dreary, blood-drenched day, their attention has turned to the celebration of success of their mixed-sect soccer team, a true national symbol to all of them. Sunni and Shia Muslim and Kurd, they are all, after all, of the country.
This team represents the best efforts and skill of their team, assembled from the ranks of all three sects. They watched, transfixed, as their team successfully bested its rival South Korean team, to reach the country's first Asian Cup final. They danced in the streets, cheered, waved flags - and shot their firearms into the air. High spirits, good vibes.
Then someone must have noticed too many people were too happy, having a good time, and that's just not on. This is, after all, a war-torn country, where its people never know when the next suicide blast will occur, where it will strike, whom it will kill.
So out came the suicide bombers, and up went the bombs, and down fell the innocent civilians, decimated in their celebratory excesses.
Labels: Terrorism
posted by Pieface @ Friday, July 27, 2007
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