http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/munich/ en-us Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:34:48 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093358/posts Seventy years ago on September 29, 1938, the leaders of Germany, Italy, France and Great Britain concluded an agreement in Munich that has gone down in history as one of the West's greatest political debacles. According to it, Hitler was allowed to take over a region of the Czechoslovak Republic, known as the Sudetenland, which contained a large ethnic German population. He had been threatening to use force to achieve his ends, and the British and French appeased him hoping to avoid a new and devastating conflict. Of course the agreement did not foster peace: rather it paved the way... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093358/posts#comment Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:34:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063840/posts Why Terror Thrives ...It was the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, however, that trailblazed attacks on airliners with its September 7, 1970 hijacking of three planes "to call special attention to the Palestinian problem." Sure enough, the Palestinian cause has since became synonymous with anti-civilian warfare, from the Munich Olympics' massacre in September 1972 to the Arab fratricide inside Gaza this weekend. And the slaughter of innocents is now part of the Islamists' struggle against "infidels." What the Palestinians began in the early 1970s is now paying "dividends."http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331127098&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull jpost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063840/posts#comment Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:05:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027652/posts NEW YORK -- Jim McKay, the veteran and eloquent sportscaster thrust into the role of telling Americans about the tragedy at the 1972 Munich Olympics, has died. He was 86. McKay died Saturday of natural causes at his farm in Monkton, Md. The broadcaster who considered horse racing his favorite sport died only hours before Big Brown attempted to win a Triple Crown at the Belmont Stakes. "There are not many men who achieved what Jim McKay achieved both professionally and personally," said Sean McManus, McKay's son and the president of CBS News and Sports. "He had a flawless reputation... CBS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027652/posts#comment Sat, 7 Jun 2008 20:12:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2018223/posts How woefully ignorant is the Democratic front-runner on matters of national security, international relations and the intractable conflicts that have plagued the Middle East for decades? The recent foreign policy statements of the former community organizer have demonstrated such incorrigibly poor judgment and appalling naivete that three prominent Democrats have seen fit to distance themselves from Obama’s ludicrous position, which he somehow views as virtuous, of meeting unconditionally with the nations enemies. Senator Joe Biden tells us that Obama, “gave the wrong answer” in last July’s YouTube debate, but he assures us that Obama has, “learned a hell of a... Beacon Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2018223/posts#comment Mon, 19 May 2008 19:05:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996175/posts The militant is known as Abu Ubaida al Masri, and charting his path reveals his vulnerabilities and those of the terrorist group. COPENHAGEN -- If Al Qaeda strikes the West in the coming months, it's likely the mastermind will be a stocky Egyptian explosives expert with two missing fingers. His alias is Abu Ubaida al Masri. Hardly anyone has heard of him outside a select circle of anti-terrorism officials and Islamic militants. He has overseen the major plots that the network needs to stay viable, investigators say: the London transportation bombings in 2005, a foiled transatlantic "spectacular" aimed at U.S.-bound... Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996175/posts#comment Thu, 3 Apr 2008 17:23:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1947053/posts He asked them to stop smoking in Munich's subway station. They brutally beat up the 76- year-old pensioner. Last Thursday, the 20-year-old Turk Serkan A. and his Greek friend Spiridon L. admitted that they critically wounded the former schoolmaster Bruno N. and offended him by calling him: “Crap German.” When the victim was lying motionless on the floor, the two took the old man's rucksack and quickly fled. The victim suffered a triple fractured skull with dangerous brain bleeding. At first, his life was in jeopardy, but his physical condition is stable now. The motive: “Why was he so stupid... Turkish Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1947053/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jan 2008 09:34:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1945285/posts The latest edition of the Egyptian magazine Al-Ahram Al-Arabi has confirmed what many in the West have suspected for a long time: that Yasser Arafat personally directed the Black September terrorist organization that claimed responsibility for the 1971 murder of Jordanian Prime Minister Wasfi at-Tal, the 1972 massacre of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics, and other atrocities. The Cairo newspaper quotes a new book by PLO leader Marwan Kanafani, “Years of Hope,” to be published soon. There have also long been claims that Arafat’s longtime deputy Mahmoud Abbas, who is still widely known in the Middle East by his... National Review Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1945285/posts#comment Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:25:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1930658/posts An American Secretary of State should be in Baghdad brokering a reconciliation between Iraqi factions and locking down a victory for which nearly 4,000 Americans gave their lives. Iraq is the central front in the holy war against the West being waged by al-Qaeda and the Islamic Republic of Iran, and an American defeat in Iraq would lead to an escalation of that war to proportions that would make the current conflict in Iraq seem tame by comparison. Instead, Condoleeza Rice has been shuttling between capitals in the Middle East in an attempt to feed a piece of Jewish meat... Frontpagemag.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1930658/posts#comment Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:41:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1902644/posts Germany has come up with the funds to launch its first magnetic levitation - or maglev - rail service. The state of Bavaria is to build the high-speed railway line from Munich city centre to its airport, making it Europe's first commercial track. news.bbc.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1902644/posts#comment Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:06:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1901384/posts MUNICH, Germany - Munich's mayor joyously hammered a tap into Oktoberfest's first barrel of beer, opening the annual drinking spree Saturday with the traditional cry of "It's tapped!" Thousands of visitors crowded into the sprawling Theresienwiese festival grounds as Mayor Christian Ude launched the 174th Oktoberfest and passed the first beer to Bavarian Governor Edmund Stoiber. A 12-gun salute signaled that it was time to start serving the public. The festival's tents offer seating for some 100,000 people. The Oktoberfest runs through Oct. 7. Last year, the festival attracted more than 6 million visitors, who downed about 12.9 million pints... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1901384/posts#comment Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:38:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1786234/posts February 16, 2007, 0:00 a.m. Munich MemoriesHas anything been learned over the past 69 years? By Clifford D. May “Our enemies are little worms. I saw them at Munich.” That was Hitler’s appraisal of the leaders of Britain and France he hosted in the Bavarian capital in 1938. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain had requested the meeting “to find a peaceful solution” to growing tension over Nazi Germany’s grievances and demands. The outcome: an attempt to appease Hitler through the betrayal of Czechoslovakia. “Britain and France had to choose between war and dishonor,” Winston Churchill remarked at the time.... National Review Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1786234/posts#comment Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:21:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1756538/posts How did we go from winning the war in Iraq to losing overnight? Was this decided by the same committee that changed "Peking" to "Beijing"? These word changes are a fortiori evidence that liberals are part of a conspiracy. On what date did "horrible" and "actress" vanish from the English language to be replaced with "horrific" and "actor"? Who decided that? (Meanwhile, I'm still writing "Puff Daddy" in my nightly dream journal when everybody else has started calling him "Diddy.") When did "B.C." (before Christ) and "A.D." (anno Domini, "in the year of the Lord") get replaced with "BCE" (before... AnnCoulter.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1756538/posts#comment Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:21:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1755074/posts Our source must remain covert, but we have gained access to a series of e-mails between James A. Baker III and Lee A. Hamilton, co-chairmen of the Iraq Study Group. (Actually, the ISG designates them as "co-chairs," but even a cursory look shows neither of them to be furniture.) The messages' content sheds an interesting light on the ISG's 79 recommendations. We submit these messages below, without comment: Dear Jim: I've looked at the draft of the ISG recommendations. Do you think anybody will notice there aren't really 79, and that a bunch of them repeat or extend other recommendations?... Worldnetdaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1755074/posts#comment Mon, 18 Dec 2006 06:37:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1753101/posts How did we go from winning the war in Iraq to losing overnight? Was this decided by the same committee that changed "Peking" to "Beijing"? These word changes are a fortiori evidence that liberals are part of a conspiracy. On what date did "horrible" and "actress" vanish from the English language to be replaced with "horrific" and "actor"? Who decided that? (Meanwhile, I'm still writing "Puff Daddy" in my nightly dream journal when everybody else has started calling him "Diddy.") When did "B.C." (before Christ) and "A.D." (anno Domini, "in the year of the Lord") get replaced with "BCE" (before... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1753101/posts#comment Wed, 13 Dec 2006 23:32:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1751203/posts President Bush says the Iraq Study Group report “did a good job of showing what is possible.” Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain said, “It offers a strong way forward.” The New York Post called it the work of “surrender monkeys.” There is no shortage of opinions. Here are a dozen worth considering. NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1751203/posts#comment Sun, 10 Dec 2006 05:27:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1751199/posts Steady condemnation from conservatives for the Iraq Study Group report may be providing some cover to the Bush administration as it completes its own review of strategy in Iraq, apparently with little enthusiasm for the panel's prescription of U.S. troop withdrawal and dialogue with Syria and Iran. The criticism of the panel, co-chaired by former secretary of state James A. Baker III and former representative Lee H. Hamilton (D-Ind.), has burst forth from the leading institutions of the right: the National Review, the Wall Street Journal editorial page and the Weekly Standard; conservative talk radio; and scholars at some of... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1751199/posts#comment Sun, 10 Dec 2006 05:01:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1750710/posts Top Democrats in Congress left a White House meeting with President Bush on Friday frustrated over what they perceived as his reluctance to embrace major recommendations from the bipartisan Iraq Study Group. "I just didn't feel there today, the president in his words or his demeanor, that he is going to do anything right away to change things drastically," Senate Majority Leader-elect Harry Reid, D-Nev., said following the Oval Office meeting. "He is tepid in what he talks about doing. Someone has to get the message to this man that there have to be significant changes." Bush has been cool... The Mercury News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1750710/posts#comment Sat, 9 Dec 2006 00:02:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1750530/posts Column One: Jews Wake Up! Caroline Glick, THE JERUSALEM POST Dec. 8, 2006 When the history of our times is written, this week will be remembered as the week that Washington decided to let the Islamic Republic of Iran go nuclear. Hopefully it will also be remembered as the moment the Jews arose and refused to allow Iran to go nuclear. With the publication of the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group chaired by former US secretary of state James Baker III and former congressman Lee Hamilton, the debate about the war in Iraq changed. From a war for victory... JERUSALEM POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1750530/posts#comment Fri, 8 Dec 2006 18:44:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1750524/posts Former White House advisers to George H.W. Bush are keenly disappointed and concerned about the current President Bush's initial reaction to the report by the Iraq Study Group. They consider him rather dismissive of the group's conclusions, issued yesterday, which include the view that current Iraq policy is failing. The group recommends a variety of important changes, such as assigning U.S. troops to play more of an advisory and training role and less of a combat role. The ISG also recommends that the United States withdraw most of its combat brigades by early 2008 and that the administration increase diplomatic... US News & World Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1750524/posts#comment Fri, 8 Dec 2006 18:27:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1749741/posts Isn’t the main problem with the Iraq Study Group that it’s just majorly lame? Almost anybody could crank out this kind of generalized boilerplate (“We were told by a general/a translator/my taxi driver/my Ukrainian hooker…”), and most of us could do it without a budget of gazillions of dollars and an Annie Leibovitz photo session. Of course, Syria “should” do this and Iran “should” do that and, if they were Sandra Day O’Connor, I’m sure they would. But they’re not. And the only specific strategic proposal is a linkage between Iraq and a “renewed and sustained commitment” to a “comprehensive... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1749741/posts#comment Thu, 7 Dec 2006 08:10:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1749549/posts The "bipartisan" Iraq panel has recommended that Iran and Syria can help stabilize Iraq. You know, the way Germany and Russia helped stabilize Poland in '39. Now that Democrats have won the House, they can concentrate on losing the war. Despite all the phony conservative Democrats who got elected as gun-totin' hawks, the Democrats will uniformly vote to dismantle every aspect of the war on terrorism. They've started a runaway train and can't stop it now. The Democratic base is at a fever pitch with visions of storm troopers listening to their phone calls and ruthlessly torturing innocent accountants at... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1749549/posts#comment Wed, 6 Dec 2006 23:38:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1749542/posts RUSH: We will start with the Iraq surrender group, big press conference today chaired by Lee Hamilton and James Baker. I think one of the best ways to share with you my thoughts on this is to read to you an e-mail I got from an Air Force friend of mine, a veteran in Iraq watching this this morning. "Hey, Rush, I'm climbing out of my skin here, watching the Iraq surrender group unfold on TV, but they're missing the point. Iraq is not the problem. The hatred our enemy has for us, that's the problem. Iraq is only a... Rush Limbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1749542/posts#comment Wed, 6 Dec 2006 23:26:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1749457/posts A reference to Palestinians' "right of return" in the report issued by the high-level Iraq Study Group broke a diplomatic taboo which sparked immediate concern in Israel and surprise among Middle East policy experts. The reference was buried deep inside a 160-page report that urged US President George W. Bush to renew efforts to revive Israel-Palestinian peace talks as part of a region-wide bid to end the chaos in Iraq. "This report is worrisome for Israel particularly because, for the first time, it mentions the question of the 'right of return' for the Palestinian refugees of 1948," said a senior... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1749457/posts#comment Wed, 6 Dec 2006 21:00:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1749345/posts Nearly four years after U.S. military forces toppled the Saddam Hussein regime, the United States faces a “grave and deteriorating” situation in Iraq and the Middle East, according to the bipartisan commission headed by the commission’s co-chairmen, former Secretary of State James A. Baker III, and former Rep. Lee Hamilton. The report painted a grim picture of the situation in Iraq and delivered 79 recommended actions. “There is no path that can guarantee success, but the prospects can be improved,” the report says. The commissioners warn that if the situation continues to deteriorate, there is a risk of a “slide... Peace & Freedom http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1749345/posts#comment Wed, 6 Dec 2006 17:53:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1749444/posts The White House has been examining a proposal by James Baker to launch a Middle East peace effort without Israel. The peace effort would begin with a U.S.-organized conference, dubbed Madrid-2, and contain such U.S. adversaries as Iran and Syria. Officials said Madrid-2 would be promoted as a forum to discuss Iraq's future, but actually focus on Arab demands for Israel to withdraw from territories captured in the 1967 war. They said Israel would not be invited to the conference. “As Baker sees this, the conference would provide a unique opportunity for the United States to strike a deal without... Insight Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1749444/posts#comment Wed, 6 Dec 2006 20:43:40 GMT