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After over ten years of drinking fake Pepsi, Iraqis will soon be able to have the real thing -- oh, wait, isn't that Coca-Cola? No matter. Free from trade sanctions now that Saddam's been dragged from his hole, PepsiCo has again partnered with Baghdad Soft Drinks Co. to bottle the world's number two cola, prompting Coca-Cola to rethink its thirty-six-year-long unofficial Arab boycott. Since two-twenty cares about our Middle Eastern friends and remains ever loyal to Coca-Cola (especially Diet Coke, to which we were once horribly addicted), we hope the honchos at Coke decide to enter the Iraqi market. After all, what exemplifies democratic freedom more than having the opportunity to take the Pepsi Challenge?

Pepsi Making Comeback in Iraq | Reuters via NY Times