I agree with you, although I don't see a problem with keeping "fact" info that Iraq will play in this tournament and sooner or later the statistics-tables will be re-added to this page.   

The statistics-tables

Confederations CupYearRoundGPWDLGSGA 1992 to 2005 Did not qualify    2009Qualified  TotalBest: Qualified000000     

Confederations Cup HistoryYearRoundScoreResult2009Round 1  –  Round 1  –  Round 1  –  

Group A
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 Consensus on FIFA Confederations Cup 
How about Wikipedia:Consensus?
If we get a consensus to keep the stats, I'll revert it back to the original one.