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The man known as Abul Abbas, whose name actually is Mohammed Abbas, led a faction of the Palestine Liberation Front, a Palestinian splinter group. The Justice department then petitioned Judge Charles R. Richey of the U.S. District Court in Washington, DC who issued warrants for Abbas and the hijackers. Shining a flashlight on the fuselage they made out the tail number "SU-AYK". Helping resolve the Achille Lauro crisis brought a special sense of fulfillment. He demanded an answer in twenty minutes, the ambassadors ignored his deadline and began discussing the matter with their governments. Learning of this the Egyptian government changed its position, declaring that the two were on board an Egyptian aircraft on a government mission – thus accruing extraterritorial rights. The Egyptian government protested the American interception of its plane, which was not legal under international law. On 2 December 1994, while cruising off Somalia, a major fire broke out in the ship’s engine room. [4], Italian ambassador Giovanni Migliuolo asked the other ambassadors to accompany him on a helicopter flight to Port Said in order to speak to the hijackers. He was to locate and intercept a commercial jet with the hijackers onboard coming out of Egypt but he did not know from where at what time and which jet. The PLO would not target Italians in exchange for Italian acquiescence of its objectives. Captain De Rosa informed her of her husband's murder. According to al-Nimer, the hijacking had been planned 11 months in advance, and the hijackers had already been on two 'dummy' training runs on Achille Lauro. This American violation of operating in Italian airspace and landing in a Roman airport without overflight or landing permissions was seen by the Italians as an affront to their laws and safety regulations and negatively influenced diplomatic relations between the countries for some time. Progress on difficulties (such as how to force the airliner to land or if weapons could be fired in warning) proceeded quickly, largely due to a lack of criticism from Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, who had developed a reputation for objecting to "incidental" use of armed forces. Below is a first-hand account of the incident filmed by one of the crew members onboard: From YouTube: The MS Achille Lauro caught on fire and sank 125 miles off the coast of Somalia while I was working on board as a crew member. [4], Molqi, with blood splattered clothing, returned to the other terrorists and told them "I have killed the American." They recommended that a State Department Emergency Support Team be sent to Rome to assist the embassy there as the vessel was Italian. The hijackers received lighter punishments because it was held by the court that they were acting on "patriotic motives", while Abbas and the planners had engaged in a "selfish political act" meant "to weaken the leadership of Yasir Arafat." [15], The American special forces had surrounded the airplane, but soon found themselves surrounded by Italian military security (from the Italian Air Force and Carabinieri – the military police). "[4], The Reagan administration set a series of urgent messages to Cairo, urging the Egyptians to swiftly turn over the hijackers for prosecution either to Italy or the US. [4], Craxi and his cabinet meet at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday to discuss Italy's situation. Inside the kitchen, the pursuing terrorist beat two of the kitchen staff to the floor. [4], Molqi ordered De Rosa to tell the Syrians that a passenger had been killed and that they were prepared to kill another. [4], After listening to the idea of intercepting the EgyptAir jet, Reagan approved the operation in principle in what was called the "Sara Lee decision". (Yacoub would immediately denounce the hijacking.) State Department spokesman Redman also said that despite the U.S. unhappiness with the actions of the Craxi government, U.S. relations with Italy remained close "We want to preserve the good, overall relations, which are based on shared interests which transcend this incident. Dodano: 17 Gru 2015, 0:02. A request for permission to land at Athens was also refused. Viola Meskin tried to run to a door but was intercepted by a terrorist with a gun who turned her back. A cabin steward, with the hijackers' stateroom in his responsibilities, surprised the four Palestinians (as they were trying to use a hairdryer to clean the residue off their weapons) by entering their unlocked room in order to deliver complimentary fruit. Klinghoffer collapsed uncontrollably sobbing, friends helped her to her cabin. The U.S. Senate passed a resolution 99–0 asking Clinton to request Abbas' extradition to the US. They missed Hoeranter, who, after having been pushed down the stairs by a terrorist, had entered the first open cabin she found and had hidden in the bathroom. [4], The tourists who had visited the pyramids reached Port Said by 10:30 but found no ship. Israel's Shin Bet intelligence service reported earlier this year that Israel captured several Palestinians who trained at a PLF camp in Iraq and were told by Abbas to attack an Israeli airport and other targets. Standard procedure at the time did not include checking luggage. In response Yasser Arafat denounced the hijacking and offered to assist in negotiating for a peaceful conclusion to the incident. The PLO also asserted that the four were not PLO members but only a part of the PLF. She was ordered by the terrorists to leave him, when she protested they put a machine gun to her head and ordered her up the stairs. "[4], Molqi ordered Manuel De Souza, a Portuguese waiter, to accompany him and push Klinghoffer outside onto the open deck. [15], In response to the unauthorized act by Stiner and the Americans, the Italians sent in two Aeritalia F-104S Starfighter warplanes of the 36° Stormo (Wing) from Gioia del Colle. 278K likes. [4], On Sunday, October 6, the Klinghoffers and friends celebrated Marilyn's fifty-eighth birthday. He also wanted to maintain good relations with the US to not jeopardize billions of dollars in foreign aid. "And, of course, sophisticated delivery systems aren't required for a chemical or biological attack; all that might be required are a small container and one terrorist or Iraqi intelligence operative to deliver it. An unnamed Egyptian source told the New York Times "Reagan has humiliated Mubarak and in the Arab world that is unheard of if you are supposed to be a friend. Eight days later, the Achille Lauro returned to her homeport. Molqi then went in and ordered De Souza to throw the body over the side of the ship. They left for Belgrade, Yugoslavia, at 7:10 p.m., Saturday, October 12, 1985. Achille Lauro - Piccola Sophie 8. In fact, the group had specifically chosen the Achille Lauro over other ships due to its wheelchair accessibility. His faction of the PLF had already carried out a series of armed raids in Israel and the West Bank since the late 1970s. We became close and sadly we said goodbye when I left ship in Malta she was on the way to uk then returning to australia. This was a result of a 1973 deal made between Italy and the PLO after an attack on an airport in Rome. A hijacker told her that he had been moved to the ship's infirmary due to illness. The PLO did not feel anxious about the agreement, one of its officials saying "Italy is a friend of ours, so it's no problem." Gow Tribe & Boss Doms - Midnight Carnival ‎ (File, AAC, Single, 256) No Face (2) , Sony Music Entertainment Italy S.p.A. "[27][33], On October 17, 1985, Craxi's 26-month-old Italian Socialist-led government fell due to Defense Minister Giovanni Spadolini's Republican Party withdrawing from the five-party coalition the day before out of displeasure of Craxi's allowing Abbas to escape. A crowd of Egyptian civilians ashore burst into cheers for the hijackers as they came into view of land, "Fedayeen, fedayeen, Allah akbar!" He asked Syrian authorities to allow him to dock the ship at Tartus and demanded that they send someone from the International Red Cross to the ship, along with British and American representatives. An agitated voice came over the ship's loudspeakers requesting that he come immediately to the bridge. Our comrades were compelled to take control of the ship before reaching the specified target. Liniowiec znany jest przede wszystkim z porwania przez arabskich terrorystów w 1985 roku, ale śledząc historie tej niezwykłej jednostki można z … The airliner took off from Cairo at 4:15 p.m. Eight days later, the Achille Lauro returned to her homeport. Molqi ordered De Souza to return into the ship. [4], The Saratoga had been following the news of the Achille Lauro and had earlier tried to help locate it by dispatching aircraft, but the new orders came as a surprise to Jeremiah. [4][6][24], The next day, on October 13, the U.S. lodged a protest over Italy's allowing Abbas to depart and also requested his extradition from Yugoslavia (which diplomatically recognized the PLO). And we know that Iraq is continuing to finance terror and gives assistance to groups that use terrorism to undermine Middle East peace. However, with the suspects turned over to Italian hands, to try the terrorists the US would have had to use the normal processes of extradition. These contesting groups were soon surrounded by 300 additional armed Carabinieri (the Italian military police) who had also blocked off the runway with their trucks. "But he was a civilian, and I ask myself, 'What was his fault?'". Achille Lauro is an Italian rapper and singer born in Verona. [15], U.S. Major General Stiner, in command of the American Special Operations Forces at Sigonella, upon learning that the 737 had been cleared by the Italians to proceed to Rome with members of the PLF still onboard, became concerned that there was no guarantee that once airborne it would travel to Rome rather than back to Cairo. The Italian government, despite having sentenced Abbas to five consecutive life sentences in absentia, had not sought his extradition. [5] The ship had become the property of the Italian government when its previous owner, Costa Lines, went bankrupt. "Of course, it wasn't my fault. Speaking to the president on an open, unencrypted radio channel Weinberger listed reasons to abort the plan. The Italian foreign ministry informed Egyptian ambassador and the American ambassador Rabb of the decision. Reagan approved of a draft message to be sent on his personal behalf to Mubarak stating the same to be delivered by Ambassador Veliotes. The fourth hijacker was a minor at the time of the seizing of the Achille Lauro and was separately tried and convicted.[13]. Captain De Rosa told the passengers that the Palestinians had told him to relay an apology and the message that they had never intended to hijack the ship, "They had an assignment to do something in Israel. [15], A phone call took place between the US President Ronald Reagan and the Italian Prime Minister Bettino Craxi. Events on the Achille Lauro cruise in the days before the hijacking inform the conditions during it. [16][15] With the 737 safely on the ground in Sigonella the Naval warplanes had closed the airspace overhead for all incoming aircraft. A 69-year-old Jewish American man in a wheelchair, Leon Klinghoffer, was murdered by the hijackers and thrown overboard. [15], Prime Minister Craxi sent his personal foreign affairs advisor Antonio Badini to interview Abbas after boarding the airliner. Defense Minister Giovanni Spadolini had the military send 60 paratroopers, four helicopters, and experts on the ship's layout to the British base at Akrotiri. The Achille Lauro arrived off Tartus at 11:00 a.m. and Molqi broke radio silence. He coordinated the evacuation of over 800 passengers from the stricken cruise ship [6], With the hijackers on Egyptian soil and the knowledge of Klinghoffer's murder revealed different state actors put forward their position on what should be done. [46] CD: $12.99. Mubarak wanted to maintain Egypt's peace treaty with Israel, the 1978 Camp David Accords, but also keep good relations with its fellow Arab states in the Middle East. [4], Speaking to the New York Times in 2002 Abbas denounced Osama bin Laden and sought to distance the Palestinian cause from Al Qaeda's declared holy war against the United States. Massey saw that the plane was a 737, his Radar Intercept Officer in the backseat, Dennis "Doc" Plautz, saw that it had an EgyptAir logo. Achille Lauro, Category: Artist, Albums: 1920 - Achille Lauro & The Untouchable Band, 1969 - Achille Idol Rebirth, 1990 (Deluxe Version), 1990, Pour l'amour, Singles: Back To My Bed (Boss Doms & Achille Lauro Remix), 1990, Ragazza di periferia, Ammo' (feat. One such attack by the PLO's Force 17 on September 25, 1985, on an Israeli yacht in Larnaca, Cyprus, where three Israelis were killed, triggered the Israeli Air Force to bomb the PLO headquarters in Tunis in (Operation Wooden Leg) on October 1, 1985. [4], The Situation Room transmitted a message from President Reagan to Prime Minister Craxi about holding Abbas and reminded him of the obligations under the extradition treaty. Radio Italia SMI. Achille Lauro (ur. But I am concerned about the immaturity of the Italian troops. The sentence was upheld on appeal. On the morning of Thursday, October 10, 1985, Oliver North had contacted Israeli Major General Uri Simhoni, the military attaché at the Israeli embassy in Washington. We will take care of him. Abbas' account held he had been sent by Arafat due to his persuasive argumentation style, that the four Palestinians had been triggered by panic to stage the hijacking, and that decisive role in releasing the passengers was his alone. The hijacking sparked the "Sigonella Crisis". By 4:00 a.m. CET the next day, orders arrived for Stiner and his men to stand down. The most comprehensive list of por dell websites last updated on Dec 1 2020. The PLF faction under Abbas was a conduit for Saddam Hussein's payments to the families of Palestinian suicide bombers. At a United Nations meeting in New York, he suggested to the UN Security Council that Klinghoffer might have died naturally, "Is there any evidence that those hijackers had killed the civilian? EST. With the illumination of the American aircraft, the Egyptian pilot suddenly realized he was surrounded by advanced war planes. [4], PLO official Farouk Kaddoumi also said that the claim that Kilinghoffer had been murdered was "a big lie fabricated by the intelligence service of the United States." The Italian air-traffic controllers at Ciampino denied the T-39 permission to land, but the US pilot claimed there was an "inflight emergency" which gave him an automatic right to land the jet. Though Stiner had orders to arrest the terrorists, he made no attempt to do so at this time. Alus oli tuolloin Egyptin aluevesillä matkalla Aleksandriasta Port Saidiin Stream Tracks and Playlists from Achille Lauro on your desktop or mobile device. [44] At a 1988 press conference in Algeria, Abbas offered a different explanation for the death of Klinghoffer "Maybe he was trying to swim for it. MS Achille Lauro was a cruise ship based in Naples, Italy. (Egypt's arguments were somewhat diminished by its own previous justification for its 1978 raid at Locna airport in Cyprus). Classe 1990, Achille Lauro si è fatto notare dalla scena rap nazionale nel 2013 con il suo primo mixtape “Barabba”.Da lì è iniziata la sua escalation verso il successo con”Achille Idol – Immortale” (2014), l’ep “Young Crazy” (2015) e il suo primo album solista “Dio C’è” (2015). "[4] The radio contact allowed the International community to pinpoint the location of the vessel. SEAL Team Six embarked on board the USS Iwo Jima an Amphibious assault ship which then steamed for Port Said. [4], Molqi shot Leon Klinghoffer once in the head and again in the chest. "[45] No overt attempt to capture Abbas or enforce his sentence was made by Italy, who desired continued relations with the PLO. [13], The Hawkeye had directed additional Tomcats to close with the airliner, and it began to communicate with the Boeing 737 on a VHF frequency demanding it divert to Sigonella, Italy. He and Bassam al-Ashker then went to the bridge. He said he had "not meant to imply" that the PLO should try the hijackers.[9][10][7]. Please Note: Only individuals with an active subscription will be able to access the full article. Upon hearing that they were, one of the terrorists knocked the man to the floor and repeatedly hit him with the butt of his gun. [15][12] In response to the Italian action, other warplanes (that have never been publicly identified but are assumed to have been American Tomcat F-14s) came up behind the Italian jets. He held that the death of Klinghoffer was unfortunate collateral damage, similar to innocent Japanese civilians killed by the American use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima or Nagasaki. Two weeks later, Italian magistrates filed charges against Abbas and issued an arrest warrant, which has remained outstanding. Klinghoffer and his wife, Marilyn, along with nine friends from the New York area, took the cruise to celebrate their 36th wedding anniversary. The flight was set to fly to Tunisia, which was where the PLF headquarters were located. [4], Communications for planning began between the Pentagon, U.S. military headquarters in Europe, and the Navy's Sixth Fleet. [35], The actions of Syria during the hijacking were seen as a positive by the U.S. with State Department spokesman Redman praising Damascus for its help in determining if a body that washed ashore was that of Klinghoffer. On the orders of U.S. President Ronald Reagan and his Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, the Egyptian airliner carrying the hijackers was intercepted by F-14 Tomcats from the VF-74 "BeDevilers" and the VF-103 "Sluggers" of Carrier Air Wing 17, based on the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga,[17] and directed to land at Naval Air Station Sigonella (an Italian NATO air base in Sicily under joint Italian-American military utilization). Arafat had Abbas communicate to Italian Prime Minister Craxi that the hijackers promised to release unharmed all the passengers and to drop demands for the release of prisoners. [4], Upon learning of the hijacking and that there were Americans on board, members of the Reagan administration in Washington, D.C., in a time zone seven hours behind Egypt's, moved to take decisive action. [40] Over a decade later, in April 1996, PLF leader Muhammad Abu Abbas accepted responsibility, and in 1997, the PLO reached a financial settlement with the Klinghoffer family. He admitted planning the ship's seizure, but stated that he was not aboard the Achille Lauro at the time but in Jordan. ), While in Lebanon PLO chairman Yasser Arafat had run into problems with Syrian President Hafez al-Assad who in 1983 sought to wrest effective control of the group from him by backing a mutiny within the PLO. As we slowly closed, either we illuminated the aircraft with he glow of our exterior position lights, or tried to make out a silhouette by starlight. Learning of the murder of a U.S. citizen, fearing the escape of the hijackers, and desiring a victory over terrorism, the Reagan administration ordered the EgyptAir passenger jet to be forced to land so the perpetrators could be brought to justice. Meguid loaned each an office and telephone. Abbas, who helped negotiate the surrender, and the four hijackers were flown out of Egypt on a jet that was intercepted by U.S. Navy fighters and forced to land in Sicily. Later speaking to reporters at a stop to tour the kitchens of Sara Lee, Reagan said on the issue "apparently there's a little confusion, and maybe I'm responsible." 278K likes. Craxi weighed whether Italy should upset the senior member of NATO or undermine its relatively good relations among Middle East nations. The American and British ambassadors informed Meguid that their governments refused, repeating their policies of not negotiating with terrorists. The Israeli bombing of the PLO's Tunis headquarters the previous week had left many innocent Tunisians killed or wounded, adding to the pressures on Mubarak. I was amazed. Even had the Americans done so, Italy could have easily claimed its own right of jurisdiction as primary as the ship flew under an Italian flag, began its voyage in Italy, and the terrorists had come aboard in an Italian port.[7]. Oceny, recenzje, obsada, dyskusje wiadomości, zwiastuny, ciekawostki oraz galeria. Prime Minister Bettino Craxi looked for a diplomatic solution beginning a near-continuous dialogue with every country involved, including the nations with citizens aboard, and the Arab states of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Tunisia. First published on April 16, 2003 / 7:48 AM. He then returned to the Festival in 2020 with the song Me Ne Frego, which placed 8th. [4], De Rosa received a call from Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Andreotti in Rome. [2], The hijacking of the Achille Lauro was planned and executed by one of the three factions of the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF). Members of the President's staff told the Italian government that the US special-operations team intended to arrest the hijackers. The Achille Lauro hijacking has inspired a number of dramatic retellings: 1985 hijacking of Italian MS Achille Lauro by four Palestine Liberation Front members off the coast of Egypt, Although according to most sources this occurred during 1992 while al-Assadi was still in prison, according to Bohn's, a year that had already seen a spate of terrorist incidents, American hostages seized by student demonstrators in Iran, Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair, "TALKING WITH THE P.L.O. Achille Lauro Feat. )[4], After consideration, Craxi and his cabinet voted to permit Abbas to depart from Italy. In 1987, the Achille Lauro took on the Swiss flag, under the care of the Star Lauro company. Speculation arose that the hijacking of Achille Lauro was an act of retaliation for the Israeli bombing of the PLO headquarters in Tunis. These were soon joined by two more F-104s from Grazzanise airbase. Boss Doms & Frenetik&Orang3)," "1969 (feat. Willem Ruys - Achille Lauro This page is devoted to postcards and photographs of the Royal Rotterdam Lloyd liner Willem Ruys, later Achille Lauro of Lauro Lines and Starlauro. The second PLF faction was headed by Abd al-Fatah Ghanim, who also opposed Arafat. CD: $29.42. 2013 – A.A. Ambassador to Italy delivered the warrants to Salvatore Zhara Buda at the Italian Ministry of Justice at his home at 5:30 a.m. Saturday, October 12. [4], Due to most of the passengers having disembarked at Cairo[clarification needed] to tour the pyramids, only 97 remained on board and became hostages. In 1987, the Achille Lauro took on the Swiss flag, under the care of the Star Lauro company. In the 1990s, Baghdad, largely out of reach to western security services, had become home to both Abbas and Abu Nidal, another once-feared terrorist mastermind. Perhaps they have left for Tunisia." Attorney General Edwin Meese called his Italian counterpart Mino Martinazzoli informing him of the arrest warrants. The American warrants were dropped after his conviction in Italy. At the time the four hijackers, Yasir Arafat, and Farouk Kaddoumi all continued to claim that no one had been murdered during the hijacking. The Achille Lauro hijacking happened on October 7, 1985, when the Italian MS Achille Lauro was hijacked by four men representing the Palestine Liberation Front off the coast of Egypt, as she was sailing from Alexandria to Ashdod, Israel. She feared the worst but remained hopeful. [21] Reagan informed Craxi that the US would seek extradition of the terrorists to face charges in US courts. [2][4], The four terrorists stormed into the ship's dining room. [7], On July 10, 1986, an Italian court convicted three of the terrorists who received prison sentences ranging from 15 to 30 years. Below is a first-hand account of the incident filmed by one of the … On Nov. 30, 1994, the Achille Lauro cruise ship caught fire and sank; more videos of cruise ship fires Read more » Key and BPM for 1990 by Achille Lauro. When the attempt to wrest control failed, the Syrian military backed the mutineers in an attack on Arafat loyalists within Tripoli, Lebanon. In my name, I want you to call the [Egyptian] foreign minister, tell him what we learned, tell him the circumstances, tell him in view of this and the fact that we – and presumably them – didn't have those facts, we insist that they prosecute those sons of bitches. Looking at the passports of an elderly couple, the hijackers asked if they were Jewish. Le collaborazioni tra Achille Lauro e Annalisa sono sempre una garanzia. Before Achille Lauro could head towards Libya, Abbas, unable to contact the ship using Egyptian Naval communications, called into Cyprus' Arabic language station Radio Monte Carlo. U.S. Army Major General Carl Stiner put two platoons, drawn from the Navy's counter-terrorism unit, SEAL Team Six, Army commandos from Delta Force and Air Force Combat Controllers from BRAND X en route to Europe to be operating with NATO ally permission from a British base at Akrotiri, Cyprus. ... A backfire from a motorbike or a construction cart could precipitate a shooting incident that could lead to a lot of Italian casualties. "[4][7], At 5:00 p.m., the four Palestinian hijackers left the ship being taken ashore by the Egyptians in a tugboat. He boarded a T-39 Navy executive jet (the North American Sabreliner) with other American Special Operations personnel and planned to shadow the 737. [24], Within hours of Rabb's early morning visit to his home, Buda met with three judges from the Ministry of Justice to review the petition. [44], On Monday March 8, 2004, Abbas, age 55, died of natural causes while an American prisoner in an Iraqi jail outside Baghdad. The choice of the Sigonella base to divert the EgyptAir 737 that had the hijackers of the Achille Lauro aboard caused a dispute between the governments of the US and Italy and included elements of their militaries. [4] The Egyptian Government began to conduct negotiations through the medium of PLO representative Muhammed "Abu" Abbas. They were now being moved to Sigonella to capture the hijackers should the Navy jets succeed at their mission. The Achille Lauro cruise ship sank today off the coast of Somalia, while the 979 passengers and crew who survived a fire on the luxury liner and abandoned ship two days ago headed to … He told Majed to tell them that their objective was not to take control of the ship and that their friendship with Italy was "so important that it is unthinkable that any action would be taken against our European friends. They were joined by Egyptian diplomat Zeid Imad Hamed who had been with them in their initial flight from Cairo. They fired their automatic weapons over the heads of the eating passengers. [citation needed] The administration of President Bill Clinton aware of Abbas' resurfacing neither asked for his extradition nor requested he be turned over to Italy who had found him guilty in absentia. The Italians took custody of the four and promised to try them, but refused to detain Abbas, saying the evidence compiled by Washington was insufficient and that he held an Iraqi diplomatic passport. Fearing that the terrorists threat to kill passengers had been followed through, and not wanting a repeat of the TWA Flight 847 terrorist incident where the administration looked impotent to act, the American special forces staged in Cyprus were ordered to make preparations to storm the vessel. [15], After five hours of negotiations, and with the knowledge that the Italian troops had orders (confirmed by President Francesco Cossiga) to use lethal force if necessary to block the Americans from leaving with prisoners, the U.S. conceded the Italian claim of jurisdiction over the terrorists. He thought this would work because of the recent previous precedent where the U.S. had "made no claims on the hijackers" of the TWA airliner earlier that summer. He had been held there while discussions about his legal status and whether he could be tried in the US or elsewhere had continued. [4] The TWA incident had even impacted the Mediterranean cruise business: Greece's Epirotiki Line took three of its ships – Jupiter, Jason, and Neptune – out of service when terrorism fears led to decreased travel demand overall in the region. The situation was only resolved after feverish telephone calls between Premier Bettino Craxi and President Reagan. Molqi on the bridge with Captain De Rosa was listening to the station and became overjoyed ordering the captain to set course for Port Said at 7:20 p.m., Tuesday, October 8. It was further discovered that the negotiator, Abbas, had actually been the mastermind behind the hijacking. Tensions arose as soon as the plane landed. Commandos, tipped off by U.S. intelligence to Abbas' whereabouts, seized documents documents - including Yemeni and Lebanese passports — and weapons such as rocket-propelled grenades. [4], Italy had decided that there was insufficient evidence to link Abbas to the hijacking and rejected a preliminary request from the US that Italy hold him.

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