Black September. Yasir Arafat hatches a plan to oust the Hashemites from Jordan, a key ally of the United States and an unofficial ally of Israel. The Syrians move troops into the area, prompting an Israeli air force response to block the Syrian soldiers, while the Americans call in Pakistani soldiers to assist the Jordanians in controlling the situation. Approximately 10,000 Palestinians are killed in the fighting, and Arafat flees to Lebanon. These events are referenced by the terrorist organization that massacres the Israeli Olympic team at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
