Arab Threats Become Brutal Reality at Munich Airport

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ties agreed to the terrorist
demands that they be al-
lowed to fly to Cairo with
the hostages. A lass trans-
ported terrorists and hos-
tages to the Olympic Village
landing area where three
helicopters were parked.

Bruno Merk, the Bavarian
minister of interior, said
afterward that the police
could not intervene against
the building where the hos-
tages were held because it
would have meant certain
death for all of them. "We
had to act at the airport,"
Merk said.
Two of the helicopters
conveyed the terrorists and
their blindfolded, tied vic-
tims to Furstenfeld-
bruck, where a Boxing 727
jet supplied by Lufthansa,
the West German airline,
waited. The third helicopter
containing Merk and other
officials followed. The ter-
rorists apparently believed
they were going to Munich's
civilian airport.
Two of the Arabs stepped
from a helicopter to inspect
the Boeing 727 jetliner they
apparently had been told was
waiting to take them to
Cairo. German sharpshoot-
ers waiting in ambush
cpened fire but hit only one
cf the Arabs.
The other terrorists started
shooting the Israelis. One
of the Arabs blew himself
up with a hand grenade, set-
ting one of the helicopters
afire. Some of the hostages
were trapped inside. Fire-
trucks attempting to ap-
proach to rescue them were
driven back by gunfire from
the Arabs.
By the time the Arab re-
sistance was ended, all nine
Israelis were dead.
Israel warned Wednesday
that it would step up its ac-
tions against Arab terrorists
and that "those who aid
them" would be held respon-
sible for their actions.

The warning came in an
official statement issued fol-
lowing a special session of
the cabinet Wednesday
morning devoted to the af-
termath of the massacre.
Premier Meir expressed
her appreciation for the West
German decision to employ
force against the terrorists.
The cabinet statement con-
demned the murder of the
Israelis and said that it
proved for the world to see
the real nature of Arab ter-
rorism. It stated that the
Israel government joined
families of the victims in
their mourning.
"Israel will continue its
self-defense activities," the
statement said. "and its
striving for peace without
being deterred by terror and
extortion. Israel will per-
severe in its struggle against
t h e terrorist organizations
and will not exempt those
who aid them from respons-
ibility for the acts of the
terrorists."
The statement continued,
"The Israel government will
appeal to governments and
Political bodies and demand

the adoption of effective
measures against cells and
units of the terrorist organ-

izations with the aim of
paralyzing them and extir-
pating their bases."
The statement then re-
ferred to Premier Mei('s
support of the German

of force against the terror-
ists. The statement said the
cabinet had decided on a
"concentration of informa-
tion" concerning both Ger-
man Israeli security precau-
tions before the attack and
concerning the steps taken
during the attack. This ap-
peared to mean that an un-
official inquiry will be held
with the Germans. The "rel-
evant authorities" were
asked to report back to the
next cabinet meeting, which
is scheduled Tuesday.
Before he was aware of
the murder of the hostages,
President Nixon had con-
tacted Mrs. Meir to express
his condolences and to
pledge U.S. cooperation in
obtaining release of the vic-
tims from "international out-
laws who would stoop to
anything." The President
later expressed sorrow at the
massacre and vowed the U.S.
government will do all in its
power to protect Israelis
traveling in America.
Michigan Senator Philip A.
Hart sent a message to
Mrs. Meir, in which he said
that "our outrage is sur-
passed only by our grief. No
words, I know, can comfort
the families of your athletes.
But, by the same token, no
words can properly express
our profound sympathy."
Before the news that all
hostages had been killed, the
White House and congres-
sional leaders issued state-
ments denouncing the kidnap-
ing and killings. Many also
urged suspension of the
games. Secretary of State
William P. Rogers and White
House spokesmen, in tele-
phone conversations with Is-
raeli Ambassador Itzbak
Rabin and Avner Idan, min-
ister at the Israel Embassy,
offered whatever help they
could.
Following Rogers' state-
ment of condolence to the
families of the Israeli vic-
tims, State Department
spokesman Charles Bray said
the terrorists should be "seen
as they are — brigands,
murderers and outlaws."
Premier Meir had de-
clared that it was unthink-
able that the Olympic games
"should continue as though
nothing had happened" so
long as Israeli citizens were
being held by kidnapers and
their lives threatened. Mrs.
Meir told the Knesset that
Israel had asked the Olympic
Committee and the West

German government to stop
the games until the Israeli
hostages were released.
The premier said Israel ex-
pected that West Germany
and the Olympic organizers
would do and were doing all
in their power to tree the
Israeli hostages. She said she
had received a special mes-
sage from Chancellor Brandt
via the West German ambas-
sador to Israel, who met with
her in the Knesset shortly
before she spoke.
He expressed his govern-
ment's shock and regret and
promised to ensure that no
further tragedies would oc-
cur.
Kurt Waldbeim, secretary
general of the United Na-
tions, appealed for "the im-
mediate release of the Israeli
athletes. The appeal was con-
tained in a message in which
the secretary general said
he was "profoundly dis-
tressed" by the "dastardly
act perpetrated against" the
Israeli athletes.
The names of the 11 vic-
tims were published Wednes-
day. The two Israelis slain
during the terrorists' pre-
dawn raid on the Israeli
compound at Olympic Vil-
lage were identified as Moshe
Weinberg and Joseph Ro-
mano. Weinberg, 33, was a
wrestling coach, a resident of
Haifa and father of a 3-week-
old baby. He had been wrest-
ling coach of the Hapoel
Sports Organization.
Romano, 32, was a weight-
lifter, a member of the
Hapoel Sports Club and the
father of three daughters.
He was a decorator by pro-
fession.
The squad members slain
at the airport included:

Eliezer Halfin, 24, a wrestler
who came to Israel from
Russia two years ago; Mark
Slavin, 18, a wrestler; and
Zeev Friedman, 28, Israel's
champion weightlifter in the
bantam weight division;
David Berger, 28, originally
from Cleveland who won
the Israeli weight-lifting
championship in the heavy-
weight division. He was a
lawyer. His parents, brother
and sister were spectators
at the Munich games.

Also on the squad were
Kehar Shour, 53, coach of
the Israeli sharpshooters
(rifle) team, father of a
married daughter, origianlly
from Romania; Joseph Gut-
freund, 48, wresting ref-
eree, married and the father
of two; Jacob Springer, 50,
a referee in the weightlift-
ing contests, originally from
Poland, whose daughter is
in the Israel Army; Andre
Spitzer, 27, fencing coach,
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