Word: berettas
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...Entebbe, the original skyjackers were reinforced by four men, probably Arabs, carrying submachine guns, rifles, a Beretta pistol and dynamite. Passengers and crew were herded into a seldom-used terminal; later, Israelis were separated from the others when one of the terrorists barked in English, "Israelis to the right." Via Radio Uganda, the skyjackers proclaimed that they were members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Marxist, zealously anti-Israel fedayeen group led by Dr. George Habash. But the Popular Front's Beirut headquarters disowned them, and the 21-nation Arab League, at its Cairo meeting...
...Italy's arms exports, totaling $240 million last year, include helicopters for Iran (built under license from the U.S.), frigates for Peru, tanks for Pakistan and counterinsurgency aircraft for Zambia and South Africa. James Bond's favorite pistol, the snub-nosed .25-mm. Beretta, is still sold all over the world. La Spezia's Oto Melara company has tested a high-speed missile-launching hydrofoil designed to protect narrow bodies of water. Italian arms appeal to nonaligned nations since Rome attaches no political strings to sales...
Middle East nations are far from the only customers for Western weapons. Other developing countries, including Turkey and Venezuela, are also eager buyers. In addition, the major arms-exporting nations sell about half their lethal wares to industrial powers like themselves. The U.S., for example, imports Beretta light machine guns from Italy and sells Phantom jet fighters to West Germany...
...carriers," including the oft-plagued TWA, are escorted to and from runways by official vehicles. The aircraft are frequently parked on remote aprons to reduce airport damage in case of explosion. Security guards ride aboard some Swissair and Olympic flights, and El Al has judo-trained guards armed with Beretta pistols on every flight. Airports almost everywhere in Europe have stepped up surveillance in passenger terminals. Last week Swiss inspectors uncovered a shipment of 47 Czechoslovak-made submachine guns in the baggage aboard a Beirut-bound Swissair plane and arrested two Arab suspects. But authorities despair of ever developing foolproof...
...order, "Everybody down on the floor. Don't move. Keep quiet. God is with us." One who did not obey was Mordechai Rahamim, 22, an ex-paratrooper whom El Al preferred to call an armed passenger but who was evidently a hired security agent. Holding a .22-caliber Beretta automatic, he jumped from an emergency exit and ran toward the attackers, firing as he went...