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Jonnelle Marte / The Detroit News
DEARBORN -- There's partying in the streets of Dearborn today, as joyful Iraqi-Americans, who've not had much to cheer in recent years, celebrate Iraq's first Asian Cup soccer championship.
People waving Iraqi flags poured onto Warren Avenue -- the main street of Dearborn's Arab community -- on bikes, on foot, and in cars. Underdog Iraq defeated Saudi Arabia to clinch its first Asian Cup soccer championship today.
"We've had so little to celebrate for the past four or five years that something like this is great," said 19-year-old Murtatha Zalzala.
"This is more of a political victory, not just a game," added his mother, Najwa Aljawad, a professor of Arabic studies at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.
"It shows that Iraqis are stubborn, very persistent and that they are alive."
So toppling Saddam wasn't something to celebrate?