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Just a Minuteby ~Hermione75

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The Munich massacre is an informal name for events that occurred during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Bavaria in southern West Germany, when members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage and eventually killed by the Palestinian group Black September.[3][4][5][6][7] Shortly after the crisis began, the Palestinians demanded the release of 234 prisoners held in Israeli jails. They also demanded the release of all members of the German Red Army Faction being held in German prisons.[8] Black September called the operation "Ikrit and Biram",[9] after two Christian Palestinian villages whose inhabitants were expelled by the Haganah in 1948.

The kidnappers killed eleven Israeli athletes and coaches and a West German police officer. Five of the eight members of Black September were killed by police officers during a failed rescue attempt. The three surviving assassins were captured, but later released by West Germany following the hijacking by Black September of a Lufthansa airliner. Israel responded to the killings with Operation Spring of Youth and Operation Wrath of God, during which Palestinians suspected of involvement in the massacre were systematically tracked down and killed by Israeli intelligence and special forces. The Israeli operations cost the lives of one innocent in Norway (Lillehammer affair) and of four passersby in Lebanon during the killing of Ali Hassan Salameh.[10][link]
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*AliceSacco Sep 8, 2012

In the italian part of Switzerland they did. I saw it on television, while I was in Switzerland.

~Hermione75 Sep 8, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Thank God someone has a moral spine.
thank u for the favs.

*superpower-pnut Jul 30, 2012

The Olympics, imo, should shy away from such political venues.

~Hermione75 Jul 30, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

It's not political it's human, 11 of our own were murdered.

*Chris-Tedlock Jul 17, 2012

Wow. I was 11 years old when that happened.

I remember it quite well. Can't believe it was such a long time ago. It was so shocking to the world.

I think that is when I distinctly started to become aware of the Israeli vs Palestinian situation.

I remember about Yassar Arafat and how the PLO were once considered to be a terrorist organization.
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~Hermione75 Jul 19, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

I was born three years later in the u.s.

*marthig Jul 17, 2012

You know I sympathize with you and your people and despise the centuries-old hatred for something not many can understand and in most cases just follow the "trend".
In this case though, I tend to agree with ~serget2 on "... , but even more it makes the terrorist remember also but in a very different way, sort of like Christmas to them, "the day we killed those infidels in a heroic way". ..."
Just as when the newspapers qualify a murderer or any other criminal act as a "daring" feat. It's disgusting.
I am glad to learn about what action was taken by special forces.

~Hermione75 Jul 19, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

God bless

*marthig Jul 19, 2012

~yoyonah Jul 16, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

One would think the Olympic Committee would feel the same.

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