sunday, september I U, I 'i tL IflL iVlIL.A1IUP\IN L)f\ILY Page lhree Sunday, September 10, 1972 I KE Page Three Munich: One day of terror for Israelis ANN ARBOR FREE UNIVERSITY STEERING COMMITTEE Anyone interested in working or teaching at Free U. Contact: SHARON-763-1107 MEETING: 1:15 p.m. WED., SEPT. 13 UAC offices MICH. UNION NOW ! DIAL 8-6416 ". . an inspired blend of fact and fantasy. It leaps backwards and forwards in space and time with utter abandon . . . from the grimness of a German P.O.W. camp in winter to the lush- ness of ri geodesic dream house-complete with pneumatic dream girl. FOR THIS TRIP, ONE MUST FASTEN HIS SEAT BELT AND HOLD ON TIGHT!" -Arthur Knight, Saturday Review When in Southern California visit Universal Studios WINNER 1972CANNES FILM FESTIVAL JURY PRIZE AWARD Only American Film to be so Honored Editor's Note-The following ac- count of the day of Olympic terror in which 11 Israeli team members, five Arab guerrillas and a German po- liceman were killed, is a reconstruc- tion by Richard K. O'Malley, chief of the Frankfurt bureau of The Asso- ciated Press, who took part in AP coverage of the tragedy. It is based on official police accounts, the stories ofawitnesses and the first- hand reporting of AP reporters who were at the scene. By RICHARD K. O'MALLEY MUNICH (P) - Anton W., postal clerk in the Olympic Vil- lage yawned sleepily. It had been a long night and he was getting ready to go home. Out- side the Bavarian sky was blos- soming into early dawn. He glanced casually out the window. Four young men were climbing the fence, each clutch- ing athletic bags. Seconds ,later he saw another four climb over the wire. Anton W. smiled to himself. Fine young athletes with high spirits returning from a party. But not a way to win gold med- als, he said to himself as his Germanic sense of order dam- pened tolerance. And so he went on his way. The two groups of young men merged silently, huddling in the shadows of an Olympics resi- dence building. One of them pulled out a can and smeared blacking on his face. He passed the can to a comrade and soon they all were darkened, com- mando fashion. The leader, a small-boned man with intense eyes,hglanced wari- ly around him. Then he nodded to his right, and the eight young men slipped quietly out of the shadows. In - Building No. 31, Moshe Weinberg, 33, handsome coach of the Israeli wrestling team, lay on his narrow, army-type cot, his hands clasped behind his head. He was already awake. Outside, the eight young men headed for the doorway of Building 31. There they crouched in the shadows and each opened his plastic bag. They drew out pistols and submachine guns. Hand grenades were stuffed into pockets. They looked at their leader. With a swift chop of his hand, he gave the signal and the eight burst into the building. They knew where Weinberg and his teammates were housed, on the second floor of the three-storied off-white building. Weinberg, with the reflexes of a trained athlete, leaped from his bed at the pounding on his door. He opened the door and lunged at the lanky Arab stand- ing in the doorway.' The Arab pulled the trigger on his pistol. Once, twice, three times, and Weinberg slumped to the floor, dying. Down the corridor, Joseph Ro- THE BURNED WRECKAGE of the helicopter in which the nine Israeli Olympic team members died rests at left at Fuerstenfeld- bruck Air Base near Munich. Aviv said no surrender to ter- rorism. Police sharpshooters lay in wait at the air base. Their or- ders: kill the terrorists when they alighted from the helicop- ters. The copters, their lights extinguished, swung into view, like giant dragon flies. Police marksmen tensed and got ready. Up in the control tower, Anton Fliegerbauer, a po- liceman, watched the drama un- fold. One Arab from each of the two copters stepped down. They were about 50 yards from the lighted control tower. The marksmen bided their, time. Two more terrorists got out of the helicopters with their ever-present, submachine guns. Not far away the big airliner stood, its lights on. The men in- side were dressed like crew- men. They were police, but they were withdrawn before the heli- copters arrived. It was judged too frisky. Two Arabs went over to in- spect the airliner. As they re- turned to the helicopters, the police sharpshooters opened fire. The two Arabs who had re- mained by the helicopters spun at the impact and went down, clawing at the ground. The other two,,favored by sha- dows, were not hit and one of them sped toward the cover un- der a helicopter. His companion opened fire with his supmachine gun but was blasted down by a police marksman. Then the killing began in ear- nest. Arabs in one helicopter began gunning down their his- tages, still tied, still blindfolded. Anton Fliegerbauer watched from the control tower. Suddenly there was a splintering of glass and before he could duck there was a sledge-hammer blow on his head and he fell, a bullet through his brain. The lights winked out. The radio system went out but still the bullets flowed. It was nearly 11 p.m. by now and firing stopped. A police loudspeaker blared out calls for surrender of the terrorists in German, English and Arabic. There was silence. At midnight, an Arab terror- ist leaped out of one helicopter. As he landed he pulled the pin mano, a weightlifter, was roused out of a sound sleep by the shots. Then he heard hoarse shouts and the sound of running. There was a sudden pounding on his door and he sprang to it, holding it against the heavy thrust from outside. "Run, Tuvia, run," he shout- ed as he held the door. Tuvia Sokolsky, the Israeli weightlift- ing coach, burst out the door to a small balcony and from there escaped. As he hurled himself through the door he heard the chatter of a submachine gun. An Arab had fired through the door into the body of Romano, who fell as the door was brutally shoved against him. Weinberg's brief struggle and the heroic effort of Romano bought time enough for most of the other Israelis to escape through a door leading to a vol- leyball court. ' Upstairs on the third floor Luis Friedman, a Uruguayan team official, was first awaken- ed by guttural cries in Arabic and then he listened intently to the sound of firing. A young Arab with a subma- chine gun knocked on his door. "Uruguayan?" the Arab ask- ed. Friedman nodded. "You got any competition to- day?" the Arab said with an arrogant grin. "If you have, we'll take you over to the sta- dium." Friedman watched numbly. The Arab swaggered away. Presently the Uruguayans filed swiftly and silently out the still- unguarded door leading to the volleyball court. But nine young Israeli ath- letes were under armed guard by their bitterest and most re- lentless enemies. It was hard for young minds to grasp. The 1972 Olympics were "The Happy Games," weren't they? The Olympic spirit was friendly competition. The Olympic spirit didn't mean cold-eyed looks and the menace of pistols and submachine guns. Presently the nine shuffled into a corner room where Arabs as young as themselves gave them orders. Sit down. Don't move. Shut up, Jew. Dawn broke and the Bavarian sky turnedr to gold. But the nightmare went on in the warm softness of the morning. At 5:08 a.m., just five min- utes after police had received a phone call saying that Arab ter- orists had opened fire in the Israeli building, the phone rang again. A voice made clear what was wanted. Two hundred guerrillas im- prisoned in Israel must be freed at once, If not, the young Is- raelis would be shot. Police cars suddenly appeared outside the building. A young terrorist with a heavy jaw peer- ed out the window. He nodded to the others with a satisfied air. Now the bargaining would begin. In downtown Munich, orders were given by Police Chief Man- fred Schreiber. The Olympic Village was sealed off. Schreiber and Hans - Dietrich Genscher, West German interior minister, got hold of an Olympic Games stewardess who speaks fluent Arabic. Would the commandos accept an unlimited ransom for the nine hostages? They would not. Would they accept hostages in exchange nine Israelis? They would not. Throughout the day, German for the an Arab The Germans stalled, trying frantically to devise a plan that would free the hostages without danger to their lives. Plans to rush the Arabs inside Building 31 were abandoned. Too much was at stake. A fire- fight in Olympic Village could cause untold harm. Finally, around 9 p.m., the Arab negotiator agreed to move the hostages out of the build- ing. He demanded a bus to take the commandos and hostages out of the building to a make- shift helicopter pad. The bargaining outcome was that helicopters would take Arabs and hostages to Fuer- stenfeldbruck air base from where a Boeing 727 would fly them to an Arab capital. A minibus was driven up and quiet word was spread to re- sponsible officials that a plan to intercept the bus was being dis- cussed. They never got a chance to use it. The Arab leader let the bus drive up. Take it away. We don't like . ,T t :r - ; bargainer, wearing a mask, re- jected all offers. The grenade he held was a constant threat and a reminder that this was a pursuit of terror. Telephone calls were made to Tel Aviv. Would the Israeli government accede to the de- mand by the terrorists to free the 200 Egyptians? No. No yielding to terror, was the reply. 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Across from Building 31 three policemen in civilian clothing set up a machine gun. The Arabs played the game of nerves well. First they gave a noon deadline to meet their de- mand for an airplane to take them to an Arab nation. If not, the leader said, they would be- gin shooting their hostages. this one. Bring another. There was no time to do anything with the second bus. The Arabs led out their hos- tages, hands bound and blind- folded. They were tied together with a rope. The terrorists and their hos- tages got into two helicopters. The night air was filled with the thump of rotor blades as the craft took off for Fuersten- feldbruck, 20 miles away. But Genscher and Schreiber were not prepared to give in. Af- ter all, the hostages faced al- most certain death. And Tel on a grenade and tossed it in- side, where other hostages sat. In seconds the helicopter was ablaze. Police watched in dis- may. A fire truck sped toward the copter. It was met by a.blast of submachine gun fire and had to turn back. Another Arab fired bursts into a helicopter. The stuttering roar of an ar- mored car came from behind and it rolled toward the three surviving terrorists. They were slightly wounded and this time they offered no more resistance. I, ____________________ I I I I =i1 I I --- - i Dial 662-6264 Corner State & Liberty Sts. Every Wed. is Bargain Day Adults 75c 1 -5 p.m. Wed. Open Daily 12:45 Shows at 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 P.M. The University of Michigan 0 GILBERT and SULLIVAN SOCIETY I i t 4 Ii announces its FALL MASS MEETING "A BRASH, BRAWLING JOY OF A MOVIE" -National Observer Going down his own road... SEVE McUEEN "INIRBONNER" Tell'em Junior sent you" Directed by SAM PECKINPAH DF SHOWS AT "..1 DIAL 665-6290 1:30-3:20-5:10 ht~l~~ 7:05 - 9 P.M. 613 E. Liberty r-eolon i dn me(ern Cooling THE FUN STARTS HERE! "A VERY "FULL OF FUNNY FILM!" LAUGHS! -N.Y. Times -N.Y. 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