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The Games were marred by what has come to be known as the Munich massacre. On September 5 a group of eight Palestinian terrorists belonging to the Black September organization broke into the Olympic Village and took eleven Israeli athletes hostage in their apartment, killing two of the hostages in the apartment after fighting back; the subsequent standoff in the Olympic Village lasted for almost 18 hours.
During a botched German rescue attempt at the military airport of Fürstenfeldbruck, where the captors with their hostages had been transferred by helicopter, ostensibly to board a plane bound for an undetermined Arab country, all the surviving Israeli hostages were killed by a Palestinian who threw a grenade into the helicopter carrying the hostages in one helicopter and another Palestinian who sprayed the second helicopter with machine gun fire.
All but three of the Palestinians were killed as well. Two of those three were supposedly killed later by the Mossad. Jamal Al-Gashey is believed to be the sole survivor, and is still living today in hiding in an unspecified Arab country. The Olympic events were briefly suspended but Avery Brundage, the International Olympic Committee president, decided that "the Games must go on." Competition resumed a day later.
Originally posted by johnny2127
Ok Masonwatcher, I will broaden my question. Have any militant Islamic organizations that have purposefully killed Jews, made any mistakes or unacceptable atrocities in your opinion? If so, what?
Palestinian residents speaking on condition of anonymity because of fear of retribution said that several militants ran toward the crowd, trying to use it as cover, when the first Israeli mortar shell missed them.
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Gaza militants used to wear black or khaki uniforms, but since the start of the Israeli offensive have been operating in civilian clothing, blending into crowds.
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However, with Israeli forces moving deeper into Hamas' home turf after a week of aerial assaults, the Islamic militants are improving their odds. Hamas has boasted that it prepared deadly surprises for Israeli forces and Tal said that includes booby-traps and tunnels.
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On Monday, three Israeli soldiers were killed by friendly fire when a tank crew took aim at the wrong house. In a separate incident, another soldier was killed by an errant tank shell.
Originally posted by mikesingh
As I've mentioned in another thread...
Hamas: Armed men with guns fighting for the same cause, namely the extinction of Israel.
And the ‘means’ could even be Palestinian women and children being used as human shields and cannon fodder by them! The Hamas are the chosen ones. Allah's soldiers. And so is the Islamic Jihad in Palestine, the Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Lashkar-e-Toiba in Kashmir, Bosnia, Afghanistan and Chechnya and of course Al Qaeda which has spread its tentacles far and wide.