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| Jihad banner displayed at Polish soccer match against Israelis |
| 2011-10-05 |
| Supporters of Poland’s Legia team unfurled a huge “Jihad” banner during a recent game in Warsaw against Hapoel Tel Aviv. The banner was green, and “Jihad Legia” was written across it in white Arabic-style font. Green is one of Legia’s team colors, but it is also the color of many Islamist groups and parties. “Some Legia fans have been known for anti-Semitic and extreme-right behavior for years and they had a chance to express their hatred of Jews again when Legia played an Israeli team, this time adopting a pseudo-Islamist guise,” Rafal Pankowski, who runs the UEFA-backed Football Against Racism in Europe network, said. Legia’s spokesman Michal Kocieba said the club disapproved of the banner, and that the matter is being investigated. There have been calls for the team to be penalized. “A fine is the most likely penalty. And UEFA may even ban Legia fans from the second leg in Tel Aviv [scheduled for December 15],” Miroslaw Starczewski, deputy head of security at Poland’s PZPN football association, stated. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #3 10 israelis, couple hundred poles. Seems like a fair fight, but I'd have to put my money on the israelis. |
| Posted by: flash91 2011-10-05 10:17 |
| #2 I thought poles carried flags, not banners. |
| Posted by: Kojack 2011-10-05 03:46 |
| #1 Go Putin! |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-10-05 02:45 |