Word: beirutization
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...what had happened to effect this transformation was not fully known. The original two hijackers were tough-minded men who at times had dealt savagely -- and in one case murderously -- with their charges. But the ten to twelve gunmen who came aboard during the plane's second stopover in Beirut were of a different stripe: they were militiamen of the mainstream Amal organization, far friendlier than the original terrorists, and they seemed to influence the very character of the hijacking. When Flight 847 landed at Beirut on Sunday for the third time in as many days, the remaining passengers were...
...week long, there was special concern for a group of passengers, ranging in number between six and ten, who had been removed from the plane during its second Beirut stopover. There were reports that they were in the hands of the fanatical, pro-Iranian Hizballah (Party of God) organization, and had been moved from Beirut to Baalbek in the Syrian-dominated Bekaa Valley. This region has been a base for Islamic extremist groups over the past three years, and is thought to be the area where some of the seven American, one British and four French kidnap victims are currently...
...setting was grimly appropriate for a hostage press conference. Nearby were three refugee camps where Palestinian defenders and Amal militiamen have been locked in bloody combat for more than a month. Several miles to the north, artillery duels were flaring sporadically along the "green line" dividing East and West Beirut...
...sweetness and light at Beirut airport. A gunman aboard the plane had told the Beirut tower that if there was no progress in the negotiations by the next morning, the terrorists would order the explosives- laden jetliner to be flown to Israel and blown up over Tel Aviv. An Amal militiaman scolded the gunman and ordered him "not to make any such threats." There were reports from Israel that had the hijackers tried to take off again in the TWA plane, the Israelis would have fired at the 727's tail section from a missile boat offshore, hoping to incapacitate...
Conwell said that he had seen all the hostages in Beirut and that all were in good health, although he acknowledged that they were under "strain and tension." It was later reported, however, that one of the hostages, Jimmy Dell Palmer, 48, of Little Rock, had been taken to a hospital for examination. Palmer suffers from high blood pressure and a heart condition, and his worried family had sent medicine to him in Beirut...