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1972

Massacre at the Munich Olympics

1972A

By unknown, 'Private Eye', January 14, 1972

1972B

By Cummings, 'The Sunday Express', March 5, 1972

Turkish Court sentenced a 14-year old British boy to six years for drug smuggling.

1972C

By Jak, 'The Evening Standard', March 5, 1972

1972D

By Jak, 'The Evening Standard', March 16, 1972

King Hussein's proposals for West Bank autonomy.

1972E

By Gibbard, 'The Guardian', June 1, 1972

The LOD Airport massacre by members of the Japanese Red Army on behalf of the popular front for the liberation of Palestine.
The massacre left 26 people dead and 80 injured.

1972F

By Emmwood, 'The Daily Mail', June 1, 1972

1972G

By Jak, 'The Evening Standard', Julyl 3, 1972

1972H

By Cookson, 'The Evening News', July 4, 1972

The PLO to open London branch.

1972I

By Gibbard, 'The Guardian', July 20, 1972

A defiant Sadat willing to take on Israel despite a sceptical Brezhnev.

1972J

By Auth, 'The Philadelphia Inquirer'

Sadat expels Soviet Military advisers from Egypt.

1972K

By John Collins, 'The Montreal Gazette', Canada

1972L

By Gibbard, 'The Guardian', September 6, 1972

The PLO group Black September killed eleven members of the Israeli Olympic team during the Munich Olympics.

1972M

By Cookson, 'The Evening News', September 6, 1972

1972N

By Cummings, 'The Daily Express', September 6, 1972

Munich Olympics Massacre:
Der Spiegal files reveal Neo-Nazis helped Black September.

1972O

By John Jenson, 'The Sunday Telegraph', September 10, 1972

In Memoriam

1972P

By Paul Rigby, 'The Sun', September 11, 1972

Olympic Silence

1972Q

By Gibbard, 'The Guardian', September 19, 1972

General Idi Amin Dada, President of Uganda.

1972R

By Gibbard, 'The Guardian', September 20, 1972

1972S

By Gibbard, 'The Guardian', September 22, 1972

1972T

By Mac, 'The Daily Mail', September 25, 1972

1972U

By Mac, 'The Daily Mail', October 31, 1972

West Germany released the three surviving Black September assassins to Libyan custody after a Lufthansa airliner was hijacked by Black September.

1972V

By Jak, 'The Evening Standard', October 31, 1972

1972W

By Jak, 'The Evening Standard', November 14, 1972

Bombay, India: Police intercept dozens of letter bombs addressed to Israeli interests and Jewish firms in Europe.

1972X

Golda's revenge - Operation Wrath of God