His Situation 21 predicted with almost eerie accuracy the events of September 5, but it was dismissed by the security specialists as preposterous.[1].

"Sniper 2" killed the fleeing terrorist but was in turn wounded heavily by one of his fellow policemen, who was unaware that he was shooting at one of his own men. [17] No armored vehicles were at the scene at Fürstenfeldbruckm and were only called in after the gunfight was well underway. Survived by a wife and married daughter.

Announcing our NEW encyclopedia for Kids! …in the wake of the massacre at the Munich 1972 Olympic Games.…, …guerrilla leaders responsible for the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, and the Mossad has also been linked with several assassinations of Palestinian leaders in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.…. Author Simon Reeve, among others, writes that the shootout with the well-trained Black September members showed an egregious lack of preparation on the part of the German authorities. By around 1:30 a.m. (German time), the battle was over. In most cases I don’t think it will. The German officials agreed but realized that they could not let the terrorists leave Germany. The program mentioned that a year before the Games, Schreiber had participated in another hostage crisis (a failed bank robbery) in which he ordered a marksman to shoot one of the perpetrators, who was only wounded. No one told me that.[33]. As they attempted to take the team hostage, a fight broke out. In an ensuing shootout at the Munich airport, the nine Israeli hostages were killed alo… Munich Massacre victims. By 5:10 a.m., the police had been alerted and news of the attack had begun to spread around the world. If I’m very hard-headed, I can say, what is the political benefit in killing this person? Terror Victims: Every Day is Remembrance Day, Fatah-Hamas: A Bloody History of Reconciliations. Born: Jan. 31, 1954, Minsk, Soviet Union Yossef Gutfreund, a wrestling referee, was awakened by a faint scratching noise at the door of Apartment 1, which housed the Israeli coaches and officials. Is it politically vital? Those precious few seconds allowed his roommate, weightlifting coach Tuvia Sokolsky, to smash a window and escape. Operations Wrath of God and Spring of Youth, Art, Music, Literature, Sports and leisure. There was an additional point of particular poignancy and symbolic resonance with the past: The Olympic facilities were less than ten miles (16 km) from the site of the Dachau concentration camp. Born: Feb. 21, 1919, Romania

Unbelievably, they reached this conclusion despite having commissioned a report that had predicted the Black September attack with haunting specificity.
En échange, ces États doivent reconnaître l'État d'Israël.

As a result of the Munich Massacre, Germany founded the special police anti-terrorism and hostage rescue task force known as GSG 9. L'assaut des Palestiniens se solde par la prise d'otage de neuf membres de la délégation Israélienne. s'affronter très violemment. Sports Illustrated on Abu Daoud: The Mastermind: Thirty years after he helped plan the terror strike, Abu Daoud remains in hiding - and unrepentant, "The Israeli Response to the 1972 Munich Olympic Massacre and the Development of Independent Covert Action Teams. Gutfreund, physically the largest of the hostages, was bound to a chair (Groussard describes him as being tied up like a mummy). Le bilan de la prise d'otages est de onze membres de l'équipe olympique israélienne assassinés et d'un policier ouest-allemand tué. Dressed in Olympic sweatsuits and carrying submachine guns, these were members of the German border-police, poorly-trained, and without specific operational plans in place for the rescue. The police took up positions awaiting orders that never came. » Toutefois, ils acceptent à cinq reprises de repousser leur ultimatum[1].

Pour « venger Munich », le Mossad, dans le cadre de l'opération Colère de Dieu, prend pour cible des responsables de l'OLP, certains des commanditaires présumés ainsi que les représentants de l'OLP en Italie (le 16 octobre 1972, Adil Zoutir, faux conseiller à l'ambassade libyenne, est tué à Rome), en France (à Paris : le 8 décembre 1972, Mahmoud Hamchari est tué rue d'Alésia, le 6 avril 1973 Basil al-Kubaisi rue Chauveau-Lagarde et le 27 juin Mohamed Boudia rue des Fossés-Saint-Bernard), au Liban (le 10 avril 1973, trois Palestiniens sont tués) et à Chypre (le 24 janvier 1973, Hussein al-Bachir y est tué)[13], jusqu'au 15 janvier 1991, lorsque, finalement, furent tués les organisateurs du massacre de Munich (Abou Iyad et Abou Mohammed). Un Boeing 727 est positionné sur le parking de la Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base avec cinq ou six policiers armés à l'intérieur en tenue de membres d'équipage.

During a debriefing by the crisis team, Genscher and Tröger told them that they had seen "four or five" terrorists inside the apartment. A small squad of German police was dispatched to the Olympic village. Killed: Sept. 6, 1972, during failed rescue attempt. What is Terrorism and Why Does Its Definition Matter? Les trois qui restent détruisent un grand nombre de projecteurs.

The terrorists were left with nine living hostages. The other members of the hostage-taking group entered Munich via train and plane in the days before the attack. The Israeli athletes and their trainers were especially nervous; many had family members who had been murdered during the Holocaust or were themselves Holocaust survivors. How long could you stand that?"[7]. The attackers were subsequently reported to be part of the Palestinian fedayeen from refugee camps in Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan.

Un membre de la délégation israélienne, Yossef Gutfreund (en), alerté par le bruit du commando qui vide ses sacs dans le hall de l'immeuble fait barrage avec son corps à la porte criblée de balles, tandis qu'il prévient ses camarades en criant « Attention, terroristes ! Abu Daoud, who lives with his wife on a pension provided by the Palestinian Authority, has said that “the [Munich] operation had the endorsement of Arafat,” although Arafat was not involved in conceiving or implementing the attack. Born: May 24, 1944, Cleveland, United States of America They definitely deserved to die. Leading the kidnappers past Apartment 2, Weinberg lied to the kidnappers by telling them that the residents of the apartment were not Israelis.
Negotiators were able to extend the deadline to noon, then 1 p.m., then 3 p.m., then 5 p.m.; however, the terrorists refused to back down on their demands and Israel refused to release the prisoners. This left only the five sharpshooters to try to overpower a larger and more heavily armed group of terrorists. Born: Sept. 19, 1939, Haifa, Mandatory Palestine Cooley, Reeve, and Groussard all place Mossad chief Zvi Zamir and Victor Cohen, one of Zamir's senior assistants, at the scene as well, but as observers only. We can only imagine how they might have impacted the sporting world had they not been cruelly cut down. They were identified as Luttif Afif (Issa), the leader (three of Issa's brothers were also reportedly members of Black September, two of them in Israeli jails), his deputy Yusuf Nazzal (Tony), and junior members Afif Ahmed Hamid (Paolo), Khalid Jawad (Salah), Ahmed Chic Thaa (Abu Halla), Mohammed Safady (Badran), Adnan Al-Gashey (Denawi), and his cousin Jamal Al-Gashey (Samir).

[3] At 4:30 a.m. local time on September 5, as the athletes slept, eight tracksuit-clad Black September members carrying duffel bags loaded with AK-47 assault rifles, Tokarev pistols, and grenades scaled a two-meter chain-link fence with the assistance of unsuspecting American athletes who were also sneaking into the Olympic Village. American athlete Frank Shorter, observing the unfolding events from the balcony of his nearby lodging, was quoted as saying, "Imagine those poor guys over there. The Germans then planned to attack the terrorists on their way to the airport, but again the terrorists found out their plans. Puis ils pénètrent dans l'immeuble au 31 Connollystraße, dans lequel se trouvent les deux appartements utilisés par la délégation israélienne, 21 sportifs et encadrants[1]. It also facilitates accurate reporting for foreign journalists covering the region. At the last minute, as the helicopters were arriving at Fürstenfeldbruck, the German police aboard the airplane voted to abandon their mission, without consulting the central command. No longer would it be easy for intruders to hop two-meter fences and stroll unchallenged into athletes' apartments. In July of 1972, two months before the Munich Massacre, the Federal Criminal Police Office, which is the German FBI equivalent, knew about those contacts. The helicopters landed just after 10:30 p.m., and the four pilots and six of the kidnappers emerged.

Crucially, these numbers were accepted as definitive.

Born: Dec. 20, 1931, Romania We are accused of having been guided by a desire for vengeance. Zamir has stated repeatedly in interviews over the years that he was never consulted by the Germans at any time during the rescue attempt, and that he thought that his presence actually made the Germans uncomfortable. It is possible that Weinberg thought that the stronger men might have a better chance of fighting off the attackers, but they were all surprised in their sleep. The Middle East’s Shifting Diplomatic Sands, Iran Doubles Down on ‘Liberating’ Golan Heights From Israel; Czech Parliament Votes to Outlaw Hezbollah, UN: Iran Building New Nuclear Facility; US: More Arab Countries to Normalize Ties With Israel After Election, Erdogan Abuses Memory of Holocaust as Leading Lebanese Figure Attacked for Talking Peace With Israel, CNN, Washington Post Hide Erdogan’s Antisemitism, Peace and War Games: More Arab Countries to Normalize Ties as IDF Launches Drill Against Hezbollah.