Iraq Detainees Needle Wisconsin Troops About Favre

Troops Discuss Former Packers Great's Switch

Updated: 11:18 am CST November 20, 2009

Detainees at a camp in Baghdad in Iraq have found a way to get under the skin of National Guard troops from Wisconsin.

And it has to do with football and a painful chapter for some Green Bay Packers fans who consider Brett Favre a traitor for joining the rival Minnesota Vikings.

First Lt. Tim Boehnen, of New Richmond, said the detainees are familiar with Favre and picked up on the troops' discussion about the quarterback's performance with the Vikings.

Lt. Col. Tim Donovan said the detainees at Camp Cropper needle the guards about Favre's success as a Viking.

Boehnen told WTMJ Radio in Milwaukee that since soccer is the main sport in Baghdad, it lacks a Vikings fan club.

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