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Croatian fans form human swastika during friendly match with Italy
slam.canoe.ca ^ | August 16, 2006

Posted on 08/17/2006 7:10:41 AM PDT by joan

LIVORNO, Italy -- A small group of Croatian fans formed a human swastika midway through an exhibition game with Italy on yesterday.

Sitting on one end of Livorno's Armando Picchi stadium in a section walled off from Italian fans by large barriers, about 200 Croatian supporters arranged themselves into the Nazi symbol about 30 minutes into Croatia's 2-0 win.

Livorno is known as a left-wing town and the Croatian fans were apparently trying to incite the home fans.

Police eventually moved in, forcing the fans to stop.



TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; balkans; nazis; nazism; racism
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1 posted on 08/17/2006 7:10:42 AM PDT by joan
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To: kronos77; Bokababe; SQUID

ping


2 posted on 08/17/2006 7:10:56 AM PDT by joan
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To: joan

Hey, at least it was going in the right direction...


3 posted on 08/17/2006 7:11:41 AM PDT by Lx (Do you like it, do you like it. Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.)
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To: Lx

You mean some people actually get it wrong and have it go counter-clockwise?


4 posted on 08/17/2006 7:14:02 AM PDT by coconutt2000 (NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
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To: joan

And you wonder why racism is such a huge problem at European soccer games.


5 posted on 08/17/2006 7:14:14 AM PDT by RayChuang88
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Lets hear it for genocide! Knuckle draggers...


6 posted on 08/17/2006 7:14:18 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Bring your press credentials to Qana, for the world's most convincing terrorist street theater.)
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To: joan

Beasts.


7 posted on 08/17/2006 7:15:31 AM PDT by wideawake ("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
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To: joan

If that's how they behave during a "friendly" game, I'd hate to see a grudge match.


8 posted on 08/17/2006 7:15:40 AM PDT by No Truce With Kings (The opinions expressed are mine! Mine! MINE! All Mine!)
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To: joan

To quote Forrest Gump's mama, "stupid is as stupid does..."


9 posted on 08/17/2006 7:16:50 AM PDT by Kenton
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To: joan
Didn't the Croatians support Nazi Germany against Tito and his partisans during World War II?
10 posted on 08/17/2006 7:18:10 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee (Anything a politician gives you he has first stolen from you)
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To: No Truce With Kings

There is no such thing as a "friendly" soccer match, to a hooligan or a hooligan-wannabe. As far as they are concerned, a friendly is an excuse to drink without fearing the consequences.


11 posted on 08/17/2006 7:18:23 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: joan
Livorno is known as a left-wing town and the Croatian fans were apparently trying to incite the home fans.

Somebody needs to inform the Croatians that the Nazis were 'left-wing' (ie. National Socialist), too.

12 posted on 08/17/2006 7:19:53 AM PDT by bassmaner (Hey commies: I am a white male, and I am guilty of NOTHING! Sell your 'white guilt' elsewhere.)
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To: bassmaner

Why? Do you think they actually care?


13 posted on 08/17/2006 7:20:51 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Brad from Tennessee
Didn't the Croatians support Nazi Germany against Tito and his partisans during World War II?

Yup. The Ustase were fascist volunteers from Croatia. Very nasty.

14 posted on 08/17/2006 7:22:06 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy ( “I'm the Emperor, and I want dumplings!” (German: Ich bin der Kaiser und will Knödel.))
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To: joan

Anyone surprised?


15 posted on 08/17/2006 7:28:10 AM PDT by OldFriend (I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.....and My Heart to the Soldier Who Protects It.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Not exclusvly. Muslim Serbs also were part of the Nazi movement.


16 posted on 08/17/2006 7:28:40 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Nice that someone knows a bit of history. Kind of rare around here some days.


17 posted on 08/17/2006 7:28:47 AM PDT by OldFriend (I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.....and My Heart to the Soldier Who Protects It.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

I didn't say anything about exclusivity. I merely gave the name used by the Croatian Nazis.


18 posted on 08/17/2006 7:32:25 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy ( “I'm the Emperor, and I want dumplings!” (German: Ich bin der Kaiser und will Knödel.))
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To: ClearCase_guy

"Very nasty"
You've got that right, and here they are:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_SS_Mountain_Division_Handschar


19 posted on 08/17/2006 7:33:30 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's Founding Fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: joan

Looks like Nazism and anti-Semitism is back in full force in Croatia.


20 posted on 08/17/2006 7:39:30 AM PDT by nikola
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