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in August–September 1971 agreed to establish Black September. The new organization was based on Fatah's existing special intelligence and security apparatus, and on the PLO offices and representatives in various European capitals, and from very early on, there was cooperation between Black September
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Cooley writes that many of the cells in Europe and around the world were made up of Palestinians and other Arabs who had lived in their countries of residence as students, teachers, businessmen, and diplomats for many years. Operating without a central leadership (see
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The PLO closed Black September down in September 1973, on the anniversary it was created by the "political calculation that no more good would come of terrorism abroad" according to Morris. In 1974 Arafat ordered the PLO to withdraw from acts of violence outside the
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The group was responsible for the 1972 Munich massacre in which 11 Israeli Olympic athletes were murdered, nine of whom were first taken hostage, and the killing of a German police officer, during the
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to assassinate those known to have been involved in the Munich massacre. By 1979, at least one Mossad unit had assassinated eight Black September and PLO members, including
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document, declassified in 2006, concluded: "The Khartoum operation was planned and carried out with the full knowledge and personal approval of Yasser Arafat."
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attempting to seize his kingdom – resulting in the deaths and expulsion of thousands of Palestinian fighters from Jordan. The BSO began as a small cell of
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There is disagreement among historians, journalists, and primary sources about the nature of the BSO and the extent to which it was controlled by
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Mannheim, C. 1980. Development and trends in the preservation of perishable produce. Eighth Ami Shachori Memorial Lecture, 23 September, London.
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militant organization founded in 1970. Besides other actions, the group was responsible for the assassination of the Jordanian Prime Minister
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in April 1973, Israeli commandos killed three senior members of Black September in Beirut. In July 1973, in what became known as the
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The Quest for the Red Prince: Israel's Relentless Manhunt for One of the World's Deadliest and Most Wanted Arab Terrorists
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The denial described in Abu Iyad's claim was mutual: according to a 1972 article in the Jordanian newspaper
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in Munich, their most publicized event. These attacks led to the creation or specialization of permanent
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Eight bombs were addressed to embassy staffers. Four were intercepted at a post office sorting room in
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to the Fatah leadership, which was careful to distance itself from Black September operations.
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In Shachori's memory an annual memorial lecture on agriculture in London was established.
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to Israeli diplomatic posts around the world, killing Israeli Agricultural Counsellor
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5 August 1973: two Palestinian militants claiming affiliation with Black September
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Initially, most of its members were dissidents within Fatah who had been close to
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from Rome in December 1973 to demand that the gunmen be freed from Greek custody.
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film about a fictional Black September plot against the United States using the
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This article is about the militant organization. For the military conflict, see
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Following the attack, the Israeli government, headed by Prime Minister
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Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881–2001
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September and October 1972: dozens of letter bombs were sent from
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Green March, Black September: The Story of the Palestinian Arabs
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20 October 1981: Black September claimed responsibility for the
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28 November 1971: the assassination of Jordan's prime minister,
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Palestinian resistance: organization of a nationalist movement
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Incidents attributed to Black September on the START database
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attack on 19 September 1972, perpetrated by Black September.
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were murdered. The remaining hostages were released. A 1973
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Letter bomb attacks and the assassination of Ami Shachori
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men determined to take revenge upon King Hussein and the
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Global, mostly concentrated in Europe and the Middle East
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in Kensington, London. Shachori was assassinated in a
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in Belgium, which killed three and wounded 106 people.
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and is thought to have been a cover organization for
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Other actions attributed to Black September include:
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Fatah needed Black September, according to historian
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fitted with a bomb to kill 80,000 people during the
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Mossad assassinations following the Munich massacre
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Index

Black September
Salah Khalaf

Abu Daoud
Amin al-Hindi
Ideology
Palestinian nationalism
Anti-Zionism
Munich massacre
list of Black September attacks
Arabic
romanized
Palestinian
Wasfi Tal
Munich massacre
West German
1972 Summer Olympics
counter-terrorism
Black September
King Hussein
Jordan
military rule
fedayeen
Fatah
Jordanian Armed Forces
PFLP
as-Sa'iqa
Abu Ali Iyad
Wasfi Tal
Fatah

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