Munich 1972 memorial marks 11 slain Israelis at Olympics
Relatives and athletes gathered in Munich for a memorial service at the victims’ monument amid security as 25 relatives joined the Israeli team for the European athletics championship. Ankie Schpitzer urged not to forget and not to forgive as dignitaries recalled the tragedy.
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Munich
Germany
Olympic Village
Olympic Stadium
Israel
Jack Cohen
Shimon Stein
Yasser Arafat
Fuerstenfeldbruck
Ankie Schpitzer
Andrei Schpitzer
Schpitzer
International Olympic Committee
IOC
Michal Rot
Esther Rot
Alex Averbukh
Nili Abramski
Saddam's Cubs Training Camps Prep Iraqi Boys for Defense
Thousands of boys aged 13 to 16 attend Saddam's Cubs camps in a southern Baghdad suburb and across Iraq for three weeks of physical training, light public safety items, and religious and political classes. Trainees like 14-year-old Mustafa Amir say they aim to defend the country, while the program, begun in 1996, remains tied to sanctions and suspicions of weapons programs.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Mustafa Amir
Associated Press
Amir
United States
Washington
Saddam
Kuwait
United Nations
Sinan Abid Salman
Sinan
Last two bodies recovered from Puerto Rico C-130 crash
Rescue crews recovered the final two of 10 airmen killed when an MC-130H crashed into Monte Perucho near Caguas Puerto Rico during a training flight. The cockpit was opened with a specialized saw as investigators from the Air Force Safety Center began the formal inquiry.
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Caguas
Puerto Rico
Adolfo Menendez
National Guard
Monte Perucho
San Juan
Air Force Safety Center
Kirtland Air Force Base
N.M
Air Force Accident Board
Air Force Special
Southern Command
Special Operations Command
16Th Special Operations Wing
Michael J. Akos
Christel A. Chavez
Gregory W. Fritz
Robert J. McGuire Jr
Nathanial D. Buckley
Robert S. Johnson
Shane H. Kimmel
Air Intelligence Agency
Panuk P. Soomsawasdi
Kentucky Air National Guard
Martin Tracy
Christopher A. Matero
Afghanistan