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| Bavaria releases all unpublished files on Munich Olympics massacre |
| 2022-06-03 |
| [IsraelTimes] Authorities in Bavaria say they are releasing all previously unpublished files on the attack at the 1972 Munich Olympics following criticism from relatives of the 11 Israeli athletes and coaches who were killed there. Joachim Herrmann, the top security official in the southern German state, said Thursday that Bavaria will no longer keep any files under wraps, but conceded that federal authorities might still hold confidential files. The Paleostinian group Black September ...a Fatah sock puppet launched in 1971 to get retribution from the kingdom of Jordan for violently expelling the PLO after the PLO tried to overthrow the government. Naturally this meant they had to hold hostage and kill Israeli Olympic athletes in Germany, among other unrelated attacks. The group was formally dissolved in 1974, which did not stop Mossad from hunting down the big turbans, while the minions were reassigned elsewhere in the Fatah organization ... took numerous members of the Israeli team hostage on September 5, 1972, with the goal of forcing the release of prisoners held by Israel ...which also had nothing to do with punishing Jordan... and two left-wing turbans in West German jails. Eleven Israelis and a West German police officer died during a botched rescue attempt.Complaints about persistent secrecy surrounding the files had threatened to overshadow a planned memorial event for the 50th anniversary of the attack. Some relatives of those killed have also demanded compensation from Germany, something the government has rejected. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 The local police had apparently gone through live exercise training on exactly this kind of thing only a few weeks previously, I understand. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2022-06-03 21:18 |
| #4 /\ What SteveS said. This is 2020 and there are FPS games with scenario editors -- they could have a 3D mockup already to plan things. Of course the "real thing" probably will be modified by humans and "tree gnomes" (the mythical creatures that add imaginary trees to you GPS plotted map route -or- make real terrain features disappear in VR). |
| Posted by: magpie 2022-06-03 19:05 |
| #3 The Olympic Massacre happened back when international terrorism was the New Thing and we were progressing from "Take this plane to Cuba" theater where no one got hurt to a form where dead people on TV was the goal. Due to the newness of it all, I'd cut the Bavarians a little slack. Besides, that thing about no plan survives first contact with the enemy... At Uvalde, on the other hand, they should have been able to flip open a binder and run the play. The school has plans for fires and tornadoes. Not having one for crazy people is negligent. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2022-06-03 18:40 |
| #2 To botch means you had some kind of plan that didn't work. There wasn't any plan. You mean like the Uvalde police fiasco? |
| Posted by: jpal 2022-06-03 12:24 |
| #1 "botched rescue attempt" What a load of B.S. The Bavarian state police had no idea what they were doing and just shot it out with the terrorists. To botch means you had some kind of plan that didn't work. There wasn't any plan. Just "shoot and miss". |
| Posted by: Bertie Lumumba1577 2022-06-03 11:44 |