Showing posts with label Munich Massacre. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Munich Massacre. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Munich Olympic Massacre: Germany Bungling AND Cover Up

The Der Spiegel article that reveals Munich Olympics Massacre Officials Ignored Warnings of Terrorist Attack, also reveals that German officials also hid the extent to which they bungled the situation:
Already on Sept. 7, just one day after the memorial ceremony for the victims took place in Munich's Olympic Stadium, a Foreign Ministry official told a special sitting of the federal cabinet what would ultimately become the maxim for both Bavarian and West German officials. "Mutual incriminations must be avoided," a protocol for the meeting reads. "Also, no
self-criticism."

Saturday, May 19, 2012

London Olympics: Munich Massacre By Palestinian Terrorists Down The Memory Hole

[T]he decision to ignore Munich is just the latest illustration of the moral bankruptcy of the Games.
Jonathan Tobin

In light of the fact that the International Olympic Committee has refused an remembrance of the Olympics Munich Massacre, Jonathan Tobin writes that Ignoring Munich Massacre Reminds Us Olympics Are Pure Baloney
In the history of the modern Olympic Games there have been many scandals but only one terrorist massacre.