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  2. Munich massacre - Wikipedia

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    The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, carried out by eight members of the Palestinian militant organisation Black September. The militants infiltrated the Olympic Village, killed two members of the Israeli Olympic team, and took nine other Israeli team members hostage. Those hostages ...

  3. Israel at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    Israel competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, which began on August 26.On September 5 and 6, in the Munich massacre, 11 members of the Israeli delegation—5 athletes, 2 referees, and 4 coaches (names bolded on this page)—were taken hostage by Palestine Liberation Organization terrorists and murdered.

  4. 1972 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    The 1972 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1972), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad (German: Spiele der XX. Olympiade) and officially branded as Munich 1972 (German: München 1972; Bavarian: Minga 1972), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972.

  5. "They're all gone": The tragedy of the 1972 Munich Olympics

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    At the 1972 Munich Olympics, Arab terrorists took the Israeli team hostage. Former news and sports exec Sean McManus, son of ABC Sports commentator Jim McKay, looks back on that tragedy, and of ...

  6. The True Story Behind September 5 - AOL

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    On Sept. 5, 1972, a 32-year-old producer named Geoffrey S. Mason was working in a control room for ABC Sports in Munich while 12 hostages, including several members of the Israeli Olympic ...

  7. 1972 Munich Olympics massacre: 'I will never shut up'

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    STORY: On September 5, 1972, Palestinian gunmen from the radical Black September ground took members of the Israeli Olympic team at the poorly secured athletes' village.Within 24 hours, 11 ...

  8. Mossad assassinations following the Munich massacre

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    Two days after the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics, Israel retaliated by bombing ten PLO bases in Syria and Lebanon.Prime Minister Golda Meir created Committee X, a small group of government officials tasked with formulating an Israeli response, with herself and Defense Minister Moshe Dayan at the head.

  9. On this day in history, the Munich Massacres shocks the ... - AOL

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    In 1972, Palestinian terrorists stormed the Olympic Village in Munich. The terrorists group, known as Black September, killed 2 Israeli athletes and took 9 hostage. The Black September group used ...