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    Why did the US bnoycott the 1980 Olympic games in Moscow?

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    The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott of the Moscow Olympics was a part of a package of actions initiated by the United States to protest the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan. It preceded the 1984 Summer Olympics boycott carried out by the Soviet Union and other Communist-friendly countries.


    More here :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics_boycott



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