The Associated Press reports that an outcry has erupted in Germany over the refusal of dual citizenship member of a German soccer team to play a match in Israel. Both his coach and the soccer federation found nothing wrong with his refusal, sparking public controversy.Ashkan Dejagah was born in Iran and came to Germany as a child. He has been shooting off his mouth to some German papers and saying some rather startling things, especially considering recent German history. Berlin's daily tabloid B-Z quoted him as saying: "I have more Iranian than German blood in my veins. I am doing it out of respect. After all, my parents are Iranian."Nothing like reminding the Germans about the importance of blood percentages and ethnicity and Jew-hatred. He has also contradicted the soccer association's stated reason for allowing him to boycott Israel."Everybody knows I am a German-Iranian," the midfielder told the top-selling Bild, adding that his decision to withdraw from the...(Read Full Post)