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An armed police officer, in a sweat suit, in position on 5, Sept. 1972, in the Olympic village in Munich. In the night of Sept. 6, 1972, the rescue operation at the military airport fails. All nine hostages, five terrorists, and a Munich police officer lost their lives during the operation. (dpa/Corbis)
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