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'''Black September Organization''' (BSO) was a [[Palestinian]] paramilitary group founded in [[1970]]. A radical splinter group of the [[Palestine Liberation Organization|PLO]], it drew members from [[Fatah]] and the [[PFLP]]. In 1973, the U.S. [[State Department]] distributed [http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Terrorism/plobso.html documents] regarding the links between the PLO and the BSO.

The name ''Black September'' comes from the conflict known as [[Black September in Jordan]] that escalated in September 1970 and ended up with the expulsion of Palestinian refugees and militants from the kingdom.

The group's most well-known operation was the "[[Munich massacre]]", the [[kidnapping]] and killing of [[Israel]]i athletes during the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] in [[Munich]]. [[Mohammed Daoud Oudeh]] (Abu Daoud), the militant who claims to have conceived of the Munich attack, stated in his [[autobiography]] ''Memoirs of a Palestinian Terrorist'' and in a [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_online/news/2002/08/20/sb2/ written interview] to [[Sports Illustrated]], that funds"Though forhe didn't know what the massacremoney werewas providedbeing byspent for, longtime Fatah official [[Mahmoud Abbas]], (a.k.a. Abu Mazen, currentlywas responsible for the Secretary Generalfinancing of the PLO)Munich attack."though he (Abu Mazen) didn'tis know whatcurrently the moneySecretary wasGeneral beingof spentthe for"PLO. InThe a72-year-old [[SportsAbu Illustrated]]Daoud, articlewho aboutlives Abuwith Daoud'shis autobiographywife andon a Julypension 1999provided written interview withby the 72-year-old[[Palestinian Abu DaoudAuthority]], journalist Alexander Wolff claims that although [[Yasser Arafat]] was not involved in conceiving or implementing the attack, he (Abu Daoud) believes that "the [Munich] operation had the endorsement of Arafat."

Other actions attributed to the BSO include:

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After the March 1973 attack, the organization was disbanded, apparently under pressure from the PLO, which believed that terrorist acts were damaging public perception of the Palestinian cause.

After 1974, when the [[Abu Nidal Organization]] split from the [[Palestine Liberation Organization|PLO]], the Abu Nidal group usedstarted associating the "Black September" name with some of its actions. The PFLP also used the "Black September" name on some occasions. Most likely, these groups had little or nothing to do with the original Black September group.

== External links ==

* [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=32292 Arafat's new PM behind Munich Olympics attack?]

* [http://db.mipt.org/Group.jsp?groupID=153 Black September Profile] (MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base)

* [http://www.israellawcenter.org/press.shtml?1700528700#april29 Shurat HaDin-Israel Law Center Press Release: Call for Probe of Abu Mazen's Role in the 1972 Black September Munich Olympic Massacre] (Shurat HaDin-Israel Law Center Press Release)

* [http://library.nps.navy.mil/home/tgp/abu.htm Abu Nidal Organization Profile] (Dudley Knox Library, Naval Postgraduate School)

* [http://www.thenationsonypictures.com/doc.mhtml?i=20000103&c=3&s=youngclassics/oneday/html/blacksept/ WhatSony Price,Pictures: Palestine?]One (Theday Nation)in September]

* [http://www.israellawcenter.org/press.shtml?1700528700#april29 Call for Probe of Abu Mazen's Role in the 1972 Black September Munich Olympic Massacre] (Shurat HaDin-Israel Law Center Press Release)

* [http://www.sonypictures.com/classics/oneday/html/blacksept/ One day in September] (Sony Pictures)

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