Political Science 2103A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Israel At The 1972 Summer Olympics, Red Army Faction, Munich Massacre
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Black september terrorist group formed in 1970/1 in response to the black. September conflict which began on 16 september 1970, when king hussein of. Jordan declared military rule in response to a coup d" tat to seize kingdom that resulted in the deaths/expulsion of thousands of palestinians from jordan. German offer of unlimited amount of money, but was turned down. Deadline to release prisoners was postponed 5 times; 9am, noon, 1 pm, 3 pm, and 5 pm: plan to storm the building failed (1st plan) Munich police department tried to storm the rooms occupied by terrorists dressed in disguise as athletes. Lecture the terrorist attack on israeli athletes in. What happened on september 5-6th, 1972: not actually an assassination, but still worth discussing, officially a terrorist attack, september 5, 4:30 am, building 31, olympic village, munich, eight palestinian kidnappers from black september attacked israeli olympic team. 9 hostages (all) and 5 gunmen killed 3 were captured.