Syrian Sponsored Terrorism Against Europeans
Achille Lauro Hijacking
Oct 7, 1985
Four heavily armed Palestinian terrorists in October 1985 hijack the Italian
cruise ship Achille Lauro, carrying more than 400 passengers and crew, off
Egypt. The hijackers demand that Israel free 50 Palestinian prisoners. The
terrorists killed a disabled American tourist, 69-year-old Leon Klinghoffer,
and threw his body overboard with his wheelchair.
After a two-day drama, the hijackers surrendered in exchange for a pledge of safe passage. But when an Egyptian jet tries to fly the hijackers to freedom, U.S. Navy F-14 fighters intercept it and force it to land in Sicily. The terrorists are taken into custody by Italian authorities. Counter- terrorist units from the U.S responded, including elements of Delta Force and SEAL Team Six, however the situation was resolved before an assault became necessary.
Soviet Diplomats Kidnapped September 30, 1985
A terrorists kidnapped four Soviet diplomats. One was killed, but three were later released.
TWA flight 847( June 24, 1985)
A Trans-World Airlines flight was hijacked en route to Rome from Athens and forced to fly to Beirut. The eight crew members and 145 passengers were held for 17 days, during which one American hostage, a U.S. Navy sailor, was murdered.
Eighteen U.S. servicemen were killed, and 83 people were injured in a bomb attack on a restaurant near a U.S. Air Force Base in Torrejon, Spain. (April 12, 1984)
Bombing French compounds Beirut, October 23, 1983
Suicide truck-bomb attack was made on
French compound in Beirut. 58 French troops
were killed when a 400-pound device destroyed a French base.
Munich Olympic Massacre, September 5, 1972
Eight Palestinian "Black September" terrorists seized 11 Israeli athletes in the Olympic Village in Munich, West Germany. In a bungled rescue attempt by West German authorities, nine of the hostages and five terrorists were killed.
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