Iraqi Prisoners Taunt Wis. Soldiers Over Favre Defection

Reported by Newser on Saturday, 21 November 2009 (on November 21, 2009)

An allegiance to the Green Bay Packers has come back to haunt Wisconsin National Guardsmen on duty at a prison camp in Iraq, with detainees using quarterback Brett Favre’s defection to the rival Vikings to taunt the soldiers. A Packers-themed paint job sparked curiosity, one officer tells WTMJ-AM , “they soon...

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Iraqi Prisoners Taunt Wis. Soldiers Over Favre Defection

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