[IsraelTimes] Authorities in Bavaria say they are releasing all previously unpublished files on the attack at the 1972 Munich Olympics following criticism from relatives of the 11 Israeli athletes and coaches who were killed there.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. |