Editing Black September Organization (section)

==Other attacks==
{{See also|List of Black September attacks}}

Other actions attributed to Black September include:
* 28 November 1971: the assassination of Jordan's prime minister, [[Wasfi al-Tal]], in retaliation for the expulsion of the PLO from Jordan in 1970–71;
* December 1971: the attempted assassination of [[Zaid Rifai]], Jordan's ambassador to London and former chief of the Jordanian royal court;
* 6 February 1972: sabotage of a [[West Germany|West German]] electrical installation and gas plants in [[Ravenstein, Netherlands|Ravenstein]] and [[Ommen]] in the [[Netherlands]] and in [[Hamburg]] in West Germany;
* 8 May 1972: [[hijacking of Sabena Flight 572|hijacking]] of a Belgian aircraft, [[Sabena Flight 572]], flying from [[Vienna]] to [[Lod]].
* September and October 1972: dozens of letter bombs were sent from [[Amsterdam]] to Israeli diplomatic posts around the world, killing Israeli Agricultural Counsellor [[Ami Shachori]] in Britain.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070114001148/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,906443,00.html?internalid=ACA And Now, Mail-a-Death], ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', 2 October 1972. Accessed 5 September 2006.</ref>
* 23 January 1973: assassination of [[Mossad]] officer [[Baruch Cohen]] in Madrid.<ref name="NYT">{{Cite news|date=1973-01-31|title=Israel Says That Man Slain In Madrid Was an Agent|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/31/archives/israel-says-that-man-slain-in-madrid-was-an-agent.html|access-date=2021-06-27|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* 1 March 1973: [[Attack on the Saudi Embassy in Khartoum]], [[Sudan]]: 10 hostages were held at the Saudi Arabian embassy, five of them diplomats. The US ambassador, the US deputy ambassador, and the Belgian ''chargé d'affaires'' were murdered. The remaining hostages were released. A 1973 [[United States Department of State]] document, declassified in 2006, concluded: "The Khartoum operation was planned and carried out with the full knowledge and personal approval of Yasser Arafat."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/documents/organization/67584.pdf |title=The Seizure of the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Khartoum |website=U.S. Department of State |access-date=2014-01-28 |archive-date=2 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802205255/https://2001-2009.state.gov/documents/organization/67584.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2 March 1973: [[1973 New York bomb plot]]
* 5 August 1973: two Palestinian militants claiming affiliation with Black September [[1973 Athens Hellinikon International Airport attack|opened fire]] on a passenger lounge in Athens' now closed [[Ellinikon International Airport]], killing three and wounding 55. A [[1973 Lufthansa hijacking|Lufthansa Boeing 737 was hijacked]] from Rome in December 1973 to demand that the gunmen be freed from Greek custody.<ref name=mipt>{{cite web |title=TKB Incident Page: Other Group attacked Airports & Airlines target (December 17, 1973, Italy) |url=http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=1190 |work=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |publisher=[[Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism]] |access-date=11 February 2015 |author=RAND Corporation |author-link=RAND Corporation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930030324/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=1190 |archive-date=30 September 2007 |location=Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |date=3 April 2001}}</ref>
* 20 October 1981: Black September claimed responsibility for the [[1981 Antwerp synagogue bombing]] in Belgium, which killed three and wounded 106 people.<ref name="UPI">{{Cite news|title=Palestinian guerrillas claim synagogue bombing|url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/10/21/Palestinian-guerrillas-claim-synagogue-bombing/3601372484800/|work=UPI|date=21 October 1981|archive-date=25 August 2017|access-date=29 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825021539/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/10/21/Palestinian-guerrillas-claim-synagogue-bombing/3601372484800/|url-status=live}}</ref>