Iraqi soccer fans celebrate end of 40-year World Cup drought
The Iraq national men's team hasn't played a World Cup in 40 years; a drought that ends Tuesday night, to the excitement of soccer fans in Dearborn, Michigan, home to a large Iraqi diaspora.(Image credit: Nick Hagen for NPR)
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