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Deadspin: Iraqis Now Using Favre-Based Warfare [Nfl]
FanHouse: Even Iraqi Detainees Are Clowning Packers Fans About Brett Favre
The Sporting Blog: Brett Favre Now Officially Giving Comfort to the Enemy
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Iraqi detainees tease Wisconsin soldiers about Favre. Talk about different worlds clashing. http://tinyurl.com/yz6yakk 12/9/2009 |
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http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/70451747.html 12/9/2009 |
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*snicker* http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/70451747.html 12/7/2009 |
Iraqis Now Using Favre-Based Warfare [Nfl]
Deadspin —
... feel bad about that one.' " "They obviously then started up the conversations, and started talking about Brett Favre. They soon learned about Favre going to the Vikings, and things just started going downhill from there." Detainees are reportedly also bringing up Ryan Grant's diminishing YPC average, showing soldiers the Aaron Rodgers Sack Tracker, and teasing them about drafting Greg Jennings when Brandon Marshall was still on the board. Detainees at Camp in Iraq Use Favre To Tease Wisconsin Soldiers [WTMJ]
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Iraqis Now Using Favre-Based Warfare [Nfl]
Deadspin —
... feel bad about that one.' " "They obviously then started up the conversations, and started talking about Brett Favre. They soon learned about Favre going to the Vikings, and things just started going downhill from there." Detainees are reportedly also bringing up Ryan Grant's diminishing YPC average, showing soldiers the Aaron Rodgers Sack Tracker, and teasing them about drafting Greg Jennings when Brandon Marshall was still on the board. Detainees at Camp in Iraq Use Favre To Tease Wisconsin Soldiers [WTMJ]
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Even Iraqi Detainees Are Clowning Packers Fans About Brett Favre
FanHouse —
by Ryan Wilson Filed under: NFL More proof that Brett Favre is everywhere: detainees at a Wisconsin National Guard camp in Iraq are invoking his name solely to get a rise out of the Green Bay Packers-supporting soldiers. Even in war, Favre is a nuisance. WTMJ reports: Even Iraqi Detainees Are Clowning Packers Fans About Brett Favre originally appeared on Back Porch FanHouse on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:00:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | ...
Brett Favre Now Officially Giving Comfort to the Enemy
The Sporting Blog —
Americans have been tortured by the unremitting mentions of Brett Favre for at least the last several years. However, it's typically been a self-imposed thing. Not anymore. But then, that's the price of a free and open society. Our enemies see the harm we inflict upon ourselves and start using it for their own ends. ...
IRAQ DETAINEES ARE BIG FAVRE FANS
With Leather —
... now, standing over a pile of naked bodies, smoking a cigarette while pointing the double six-shooters. Actually, I was talking about the Packers’ season. But I like the way you’re thinking. –620 WTMJ, via ...
Iraqi detainees taunt Wisconsin soldiers about Brett Favre
Shutdown Corner —
... and you're thinking of joining the National Guard and going overseas to
get away from it all, stop. It's not going to work. The detainees in Baghdad are
going to be just as vicious as the Vikings fans you know.
A Wisconsin National Guard unit charged with keeping watch over detainees in Baghdad decided to put up Packers colors and logos all around the camp. The
prisoners noticed, started asking questions and suddenly, Favre became an
unwitting ally.
From 620WTMJ's Jay
Sorgi (subbing in for the injured Waylon Manning):
"They know Favre ...
Iraqi military detainees use Favre to taunt cheesehead guards
read and react —
... And now, NewsRadio WTMJ reports that Iraqi detainees have been targeting American soldiers with their own brand of psychological warfare. And they’re using our own sports heroes against us!: ...
Iraqi Detainees Have Become Vikings Fans
SportsFilter —
Iraqi Detainees Have Become Vikings Fans : Detainees at a Wisconsin National Guard camp in Iraq have been taunting their guards by making references to Brett Favre. "They soon learned about Favre going to the Vikings, and things just started going downhill from there," said First Lieutenant Tim Boehnen. "'They're very crafty." ...
Packer Fans Can’t Escape Favre, Even in Iraq
The Viking Age | A Minnesota Vikings blog —
There are funny items, and then there are gut-bustingly hilarious items. This story from 620WTMJ.com would qualify as the latter. Quoting the piece: It seems that the Brett Favre - ...
Iraqi Detainees Torture Packer Fans
Sports Crackle Pop —
... Apparently, Viking fans aren’t the only ones taunting the people of Wisconsin over the resurgence of Brett Favre. In what seemed like harmless fun, a Wisconsin National Guard Unit charged with keeping watch over detainees in Baghdad, began decorating their military camp in Packers colors. Once the Iraqis found out that Favre was indeed going to play for Minnesota this season and enjoying early success, they began insulting their cheesehead captors about the former quarterback. “They know Favre by name,” said First Lieutenant Tim Boehnen, who is from New ...
