Black September Organization
Palestinian militant organization (1970 – c. 1988) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the militant organization. For the military conflict, see Black September.
The Black September Organization (BSO) (Arabic: منظمة أيلول الأسود, romanized: Munaẓẓamat Aylūl al-Aswad) was a Palestinian militant organization[1] founded in 1970. Besides other actions, the group was responsible for the assassination of the Jordanian Prime Minister Wasfi Tal, and the Munich massacre, in which eleven Israeli athletes and officials were kidnapped and killed, as well as a West German policeman dying, during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, their most publicized event. These attacks led to the creation or specialization of permanent counter-terrorism forces in many European countries.
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Black September Organization | |
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منظمة أيلول الأسود | |
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Dates of operation | September 1970 – c. 1988 |
Active regions | Global, mostly concentrated in Europe and the Middle East |
Ideology | Palestinian nationalism Anti-Zionism |
Notable attacks | Munich massacre (see list of Black September attacks) |
Status | Inactive |
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