600 ESPN EL PASO » silence http://krod.com ESPN and 600 ESPN El Paso, the leaders in sports in El Paso and the world! Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:58:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Request for Moment of Silence for Slain Israeli Athletes at Summer Games Rejected by Olympic Committee http://krod.com/request-for-moment-of-silence-at-summer-games-rejected-by-olympic-committee/ http://krod.com/request-for-moment-of-silence-at-summer-games-rejected-by-olympic-committee/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 21:27:04 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=101245 The upcoming 2012 Summer Olympics marks 40 years since 11 Israeli athletes were killed by Palestinian terrorists at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.

In commemoration, the Israeli government and two US Congressmen asked for a moment of silence at this summer’s event, only to have the International Olympic Committee reject the proposal.

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