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Some brightening news from the Olympic scene:
- Palestinian Murderers, Israeli Athletes And An American Gymnast
From PJM: The International Olympic Committee has refused to memorialize the murder of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics in Munich. The reason isn’t hard to guess. The images of discord, where athletes from muslim countries either...
- Nbc Edits Out Tribute To Victims Of Islamic Terrorism
From Jawa Report: If you are watching the Olympics in the States, there's a part of the opening ceremony NBC chose to leave out. While the Olympic Committee opted not to have a moment of silence for the Israeli athletes murdered in 1972,...
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Bob Costas, class act (NYP) Those calling for a moment of silence at next week’s Olympics to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 1972 Munich terrorist massacre of Israeli athlete-hostages have just picked up key support. First, NBC’s lead Olympics...
- There Goes The Neighborhood
The TSA will be helping at British airports during the Olympics Sky News: US Security Agents 'At Heathrow For Olympics'By Mark White, Home Affairs CorrespondentUS security agents are to be based at Heathrow and some other UK airports for the duration...
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Yahoo: Last-minute problems plague London Olympics By Joey Gulino Athletes are ready for the London Games. London, it would appear, is not.Less than two weeks before the Summer Olympics are scheduled to begin, concerns have been raised over ongoing construction...
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Italy's Olympic team shows the solidarity rest of IOC doesn't
Some brightening news from the Olympic scene:
The Italian Olympic team at the London Olympic Games made a noble gesture Sunday and stood in silence outside the quarters of the Israeli team, in memory of the 11 athletes slain in the Munich Olympics 40 years ago, Voice of Israel radio reported Sunday.With any luck, there'll be more reps from various other countries who'll do the same as these groups have done, and will provide their own special moments of silence that the official committee doesn't have the courage to do.
About 30 Italians were present at the ceremony, including Italy's Minister of Sport, the heads of the Italian Olympic Committee and athletes. Israeli Olympic Committee head Tzvi Varshaviak and Olympic delegation leader Efraim Zinger also took part.
According to an unverified report on the internet, the pilot and crew of a British airliner headed for Israel Thursday did what the Olympics Committee refused to do, and observed a moment of silence in memory of the Israel athletes murdered in Munich in 1972.
The "USA Stands with Israel" Facebook page, with over 10,000 subscribers, reported that the heartwarming gesture was made by a pilot for EasyJet, on a flight headed from the firm's home base of Luton, England, to Tel Aviv.
- Palestinian Murderers, Israeli Athletes And An American Gymnast
From PJM: The International Olympic Committee has refused to memorialize the murder of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics in Munich. The reason isn’t hard to guess. The images of discord, where athletes from muslim countries either...
- Nbc Edits Out Tribute To Victims Of Islamic Terrorism
From Jawa Report: If you are watching the Olympics in the States, there's a part of the opening ceremony NBC chose to leave out. While the Olympic Committee opted not to have a moment of silence for the Israeli athletes murdered in 1972,...
-
Bob Costas, class act (NYP) Those calling for a moment of silence at next week’s Olympics to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 1972 Munich terrorist massacre of Israeli athlete-hostages have just picked up key support. First, NBC’s lead Olympics...
- There Goes The Neighborhood
The TSA will be helping at British airports during the Olympics Sky News: US Security Agents 'At Heathrow For Olympics'By Mark White, Home Affairs CorrespondentUS security agents are to be based at Heathrow and some other UK airports for the duration...
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Yahoo: Last-minute problems plague London Olympics By Joey Gulino Athletes are ready for the London Games. London, it would appear, is not.Less than two weeks before the Summer Olympics are scheduled to begin, concerns have been raised over ongoing construction...