Black September and the 1972 Olympics
Twelve months in a year. October and November are filled with cold winds and cloud cover as the winter draws near. December, January, and February, are times for enjoying family and friends in the comfort of your home while in front of a roaring fire. March, April, and May bring hope of the summer, while June, July and August are times for relaxation, barbeques, and fun. So what is it about September? Sometimes, it seems like that is the perfect month for destruction, devastation, and often terror. Chances are if you ever get caught in the middle of a terrorist situation, you won't live to see October. Especially if you are in the middle of a terrorist situation with a group known as Black September. Black September was a Palastinian organization that was founded in 1970. It had links to various groups within the Palastine Liberation Organization (PLO), most notably Fatah and the PFLP. Sources claim that the organization was controlled by Yasser Arafat, the leader of PLO, but this has never been proven (cedarland, 1). In fact, many believe that there were several leaders the organization. Some of them include Ali Hassen Salamen, Abu Iyad, and Mohammad Yusuf Najjar. All of them were eagar to seek their revenge on the Israelis,
The hijacking of this plane from Beirut turned out to be set up by the Germans and the Palestinians so as to give the Germans a reason to release the terrorists as the Germans wanted to wash their hands of the entire affair (cedarland, 1). Around the Olympic village stood a chain-link fence. So for some, September brings memories of heartache and grief and for others, it bring odd memories of happiness and joy. The terrorist agreed to this, but they didn't know about the other plans. The ensuing firefight lasted more than an hour, ending shortly after midnight. So the security guards wore light blue uniforms and were "armed" with walkie-talkies (Abrahamson, 2). First, the Germans had expected five terrorist, not eight, which lead to the next problem, the snipers that had been placed in the area didn't have walkie-talkies to communicate with their commanders or each other, so no one was able to tell them to expect extra terrorist. This was where Germany Had made one of their biggest mistakes. So in the end, they had become one of the hated and feared terrorist groups in the world, but eventually traded it all for love. "And I ran," toward a basement and an underground parking lot, where he zigzagged through a warren of concrete pillars (2). Black September eventually died out because a lot of the terrorist attacks were getting out of hand and all the attacks had achieved was a popular distaste towards the PLO and the Palestinians. Then in May of 1972, they had hijacked a Belgian Sabena airplane flying from Vienna to Tel Aviv.
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