05 September 2009

MUNICH MASSACRE


on this day in 1972 at the summer olympics in munich, west germany, members of the israeli olympic team were taken hostage and eventually murdered by black september, a militant group with ties to yasser arafat's fata organization. the events of that bloody night, and the retaliatory hunt for the murderers by an israeli counter-terrorist team, was portrayed in the film munich. there exists controversy regarding the accuracy of the hunt, but none regarding the depiction of the massacre itself.

a sample film clip from the movie can be seen here. it is not for the faint of heart.

in memoriam.

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