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1972 Summer Olympics, Black September, and 9/11

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The 1972 Summer Olympics in Germany involved one of the first displays of "terrorism".

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In the second week of the games, on September 5, 1972, the Munich Massacre occurred, in which a group of 8 Palestinians part of the militant group called... Black September... took 11 Israeli hostages...

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The standoff lasted 18 hours and caused the Closing Ceremony to get moved from September 10 to.... September 11, 1972 aka 9/11.... 😲

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This also resulted in many European countries adding "counter-terrorism" task forces, and Israel's Mossad assassinated anyone that had "suspected involvement"...

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