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Greeks boo 911 silence { September 22 2001 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://msn.espn.go.com/soccer/news/2001/0922/1254026.html http://msn.espn.go.com/soccer/news/2001/0922/1254026.html Saturday, September 22, 2001 18:59 EST Club coach disgusted by display [Associated Press] ATHENS, Greece -- Fans of the Greek soccer club AEK Athens tried to burn the American flag before the team's match against Scotland club Hibernian, and booed during a moment of silence for the victims of the terrorist attacks in the United States. "What went on in Athens disgusted me," Hibernian coach Alex McLeish said Saturday. "With what happened last week, innocent people of all nationalities in America, anyone would show respect." There was a minute's silence at all 77 European games played during the week. But McLeish said that as the players stood in silence to pay their respects in the Athens stadium before Thursday's UEFA Cup game, many AEK fans jeered through the silence and tried to burn the American flag. "What badly disappointed me was that there was no effort made by anyone, the police included, to do anything about it," McLeish said. "When I first heard all the shouting and jeering, I thought it was their way of doing the minute's silence. Then I was told by someone who said, `Look, they're burning the American flag.' "I could not believe such anti-American feeling in a European country." Several hundred fans booed and jeered, and a group set fire to an Israeli flag, while others tried to burn an American flag but couldn't get it to light.

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