Word: abu
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...killers' key demands during their 60-hour occupation of the Saudi embassy was the release of 17 other Palestinian guerrillas who had been arrested in Jordan last month for plotting to overthrow Hussein's regime. Among these 17 was the man they openly called "our leader," Abu Daoud, one of Al-Fatah's highest-ranking leaders. Hussein adamantly resisted the guerrillas' demand, even though his own chargé d'affaires in Khartoum was the guerrillas' fifth hostage. Last week, when the shooting stopped, Hussein retaliated by ordering the execution of 16 of the prisoners...
...terrorists wanted nothing less than the release by the U.S. of Sirhan Sirhan, assassin of Robert Kennedy; the release by Jordan of "our leader," Abu Daoud, and 16 "colleagues" who were arrested last month for plotting to overthrow King Hussein's regime; the release by West Germany of two criminals sympathetic to Black September; the release by Israel of all female Palestinian prisoners. If their demands were not met, the terrorists said, they would start executing the hostages one by one, "beginning with the American ambassador...
...Cairo, meanwhile, Abu lyad, second-in-command to Fatah Chief Yasser Arafat, last week conceded that Israel is now so cordoned off from fedayeen attacks by Lebanon, Jordan and the Sinai that direct assaults on "the enemy" are no longer possible. "We know our generation will not reach the sea," he said. Therefore Palestinians must hit Israelis abroad. "We don't have to occupy Tel Aviv to make our point," said lyad. "It's sufficient to keep scoring. We should fight the enemy anywhere in the world because every country bears the guilt for Palestine...
...passengers came aboard after a routine handbag and luggage check. Ten miles north of Cyprus, Captain Walter Claussen, 37, felt a gun muzzle at his neck and a soft-spoken Arab behind him on the flight deck. "I am the captain now," said the man, who called himself Abu Ali, a common Arab name. While he kept Claussen under surveillance, a companion dotted the plane with explosive charges the size of cigarette packs...
...Abu Ali ordered Claussen to refuel in Cyprus and again at Zagreb; over the plane's intercom he announced the purpose of "Operation Munich": to free the imprisoned Black September trio and fly them to a friendly Arab country. By the time the 727 reached Zagreb, the West Germans were on full alert, and government officials had agreed to release the prisoners in exchange for the passengers and the plane. After taking on fuel, the plane left Zagreb and headed for Germany. Munich's Riem Airport was surrounded by policemen, border troops, armored cars and thousands of Bavarian...