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Europe
Switzerland-PLO Quid Pro Quo: Terror Reprieve for Political Support
2016-01-23
Posted by:Elmerert Hupens2660

#7  I wonder if Europeans beginning to remember "First they came for the Jews..." nowadays? Neh, whom am I fooling?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-01-23 12:02  

#6  IIRC, the French gave free transit through Paris airport in return for no attacks on France.
Posted by: Grunter   2016-01-23 11:24  

#5  Making a deal with the devil always has a price. Sometimes you have to do do it in extreme circumstances, but the cost is still still there.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2016-01-23 11:13  

#4  It took more than mountains to keep Switzerland out of two world wars. They are used to cutting deals with unsavory types.
Posted by: Sven the pelter   2016-01-23 09:17  

#3  What do the other Europeans get?

"In August 2012, Der Spiegel reported that following the massacre, Germany began secret meetings with Black September, at the behest of the West German government, due to the fear that Black September would carry out other terrorist attacks in Germany. The government proposed a clandestine meeting between German Foreign Minister Walter Scheel and a member of Black September to create a "new basis of trust." In return for an exchange of the political status of the Palestine Liberation Organization, the PLO would stop terrorist attacks on German soil. When French police arrested Abu Daoud, one of the chief organizers of the Munich massacre, and inquired about extraditing him to Germany, Germany's justice secretary Alfred Seidl (de) recommended that Germany should not take any action, causing the French to release Abu Daoud and the Assad regime to shelter him until he died at a Damascus hospital in 2010."

Also see this article on the hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 615.
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660   2016-01-23 07:55  

#2  'Quid Pro Quo', the Sanctissimo iureiurando confirmari [sacred oath] of any politician, Swiss or otherwise. Oftentimes a coin toss, but thievery and betrayal are close seconds.
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-01-23 06:27  

#1  What do the other Europeans get?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-01-23 04:21  

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