[ALBSA-Info] Reactions after Sep.11 - LA Times

[Agron Alibali]

Los Angeles Times 
September 23, 2001 Sunday  Home Edition 

Part A; Part 1; Page 16; National Desk 


AFTER THE ATTACK; 
IN BRIEF / GREECE; 
Soccer Fans Lash Out at U.S. During Tribute 

>From Times Wire Reports 

Fans of a Greek soccer team tried to burn the American flag and jeered during a pregame tribute in Athens in honor of the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, witnesses said. A minute's silence was held before all 77 European soccer games played this week. But some AEK Athens fans jeered Thursday, soccer coach Alex McLeish of the Scottish club Hibernian said upon returning to Scotland. 

Several hundred fans booed and jeered during the silence before the UEFA Cup game, some chanting, "Americans, killers," according to Greek reports. 

One group set fire to an Israeli flag, and others tried to burn a U.S. flag but couldn't get it to light. 




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