Munich massacre

The Munich massacre occurred at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, when members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage by the Palestinian terrorist organization Black September, now known to be an operational cover for Yasser Arafat's Fatah. The attack led directly to the deaths of 11 Israeli athletes, five of the eight kidnappers, and one German police officer, and was followed by a series of Israeli revenge assassinations of the principal planners.

References

• Time Magazine, August 5 2002
• CBS News, September 5 2002
• The archives of CBC Television
• BBC News August 20 2004
• The Guardian, September 7 1972
• Encarta MSN
• Calahan, A. B. (1995) "The Israeli Response to the 1972 Munich Olympic Massacre and the Development of Independent Covert Action Teams"
• Cooley, J. K. (London 1973), Green March Black September: The Story of the Palestinian Arabs ISBN 0714629871
• Daoud, M. (Abu Daoud) (New York, 2002) Memoirs of a Palestinian Terrorist ISBN 1559704292
• Khalaf, Salah (Abu Iyad) (Tel Aviv, 1983) Without a Homeland: Conversations with Eric Rouleau
• Morris, B. (New York, 1999 and 2001), Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab conflict, 1881-2000, Vintage Books edition ISBN 0679744754
• Reeve, S. (New York, 2001), One Day in September: the full story of the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre and Israeli revenge operation 'Wrath of God ISBN 1559705477