Davis 425flag in Arbil were threatened with imprisonment if they did not imme-
diately lower them. This information was derived from interviews that I
conducted in Arbil, October and November 2007. See BBC News, “Iraq
Celebrates Football Victory,” 29 July 2007, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/
middle_east/6921078.stm; and Jorvan Vieira, “If Ever Anyone Needed a
Win”... ,Observer Sport Monthly, 2 September 2007.