Not Your Sweetie

Fans boo as U.S. national anthem is played

By Associated Press, 3/21/2003 00:47

MONTREAL (AP) Fans booed during the playing of the U.S. national anthem before
the New York Islanders' 6-3 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.

The sellout crowd of 21,273 at Bell Centre was asked to ''show your support and
respect for two great nations'' before the singing of the American and Canadian
national anthems.

But a significant portion of the crowd booed throughout ''The Star-Spangled Banner''
in an apparent display of their displeasure with the U.S.-led war against Iraq. More
than 200,000 people turned out for an anti-war demonstration in Montreal last
Saturday.