Soccer stars show the way for Iraq with Cup victory

IRAQ’S divided politicians should learn from the country’s football team of Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish players, whose “unity” helped them win the Asian Cup yesterday, a top US diplomat said.

UN ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, Washington’s former envoy in Iraq, applauded the football team for capturing its first Asian Cup by beating Saudi Arabia 1-0 in Jakarta.

“I want to congratulate Iraqis, the soccer team for a great victory that they had today,” Khalilzad told CNN.