Good news from Iraq

Amidst all of the terrible headlines from Iraq about violence, killings and suicide bombings there was one small glimmer of good news that I came across the other day. The article was on the BBC News website and is about a US Marine who has initiated the funding of a football league for children in Falluja (read the article here). The charity founded to support the intiative is called Operation Ultimate Goal.

I think that this is a great initiative and anything that can be done for children that have lived through what many Iraqi children have experienced is positive.

The goal is to get the league up and running by the end of January 2008. I wish them all success with the charity and the football league.