King Hussein decides that Palestinian radicals have…
September 1970 CE
Throughout September, the Jordanian military launches an attack to push the PLO out of Jordan.
Jordan's attack on the PLO leads to an escalation of Syrian-Israeli tensions.
Hussein declares martial law, seeking to disarm the guerrillas, and a brief but bloody civil war (later remembered as Black September) erupts.
By September 17, the Jordanian army loyal to Hussein is fighting the guerrillas in Amman and ...