Black September
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--------------------------- --------------------------- Listening to: King Without a Crown, Matisyahu
Reading: Letters From the Rebbe
Watching: Munich
Remember remember, the 5th of September.. (Ok, I recently watched V for Vendetta, and have had that "5th of November" speech in my head for the last few days). So today marks the anniversary of the Munich Massacre. Just another example of why the Israeli Government is so adamant about national security and protecting it's citizens from terrorists; you call it extreme, we call it necessary.
" The Munich massacre occurred during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, when members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage by the Palestinian terrorist organization Black September, a group with ties to Yasser Arafat's Fatah organization. The terrorists murdered 11 Israeli athletes and one German police officer. Five of the eight hostage-takers were killed by police during an abortive rescue attempt. The three surviving captured hostage-takers were later released by Germany, following the hijacking of a Lufthansa airliner. The massacre was followed by a series of Israeli revenge assassinations of the principal planners... [more, courtesy of Wikipedia] "
I was not overly impressed by Spielberg's Munich, but it is a good film and I plan to watch it tonight, considering the significance of today. But if any of you are really interested, I think One Day In September is a far better representation of the horror of the Munich Massacre, and particularly, this documentary focuses on the bungled, if not disingenuous attempts to save the hostages, by the German police and government.
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