Word: frankfurt
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...abductions brought to eight the number of Americans known to be held in Lebanon. Ironically, the episode that sparked the new wave of terror appeared to be the Jan. 13 arrest in Frankfurt, West Germany, of a Lebanese suspect in the 1985 hijacking of a TWA jetliner and the subsequent murder of a U.S. Navy diver. The kidnapings also coincided with the latest mission to Beirut by Anglican Emissary Terry Waite, his first since it was revealed last November that the U.S. had sold weapons to Iran in exchange for hostages held by pro- Iranian groups in Lebanon...
Last week at Frankfurt airport, West German customs agents seized a man who had just arrived on a flight from Beirut. The arrest took place after officials noticed three suspicious-looking bottles in a suitcase the man had opened for inspection. Upon closer scrutiny, the agents recognized the liquid in the bottles as methylnitrate, an explosive similar to nitroglycerine. The man, who called himself "Youssef Rida," was immediately taken into custody and charged with planning a terrorist bombing...
...with 24 lbs. of plastic explosives. A portable radio that he carried contained 36 detonators. Authorities in Italy believe Khodr may be a member of a pro-Iranian terrorist group called Hizballah and could possibly have ties to Hamadei. Italian Interior Minister Oscar Scalfaro asserted that the "arrest in Frankfurt is linked with that of the Lebanese taken in Milan," but offered no details. Connected or coincidental, last week's arrests demonstrated that terrorists are certainly not invincible...
...three previous visits, Waite arrived in Beirut at the invitation of Islamic Jihad. He flew out of London Thursday evening, picked up a Lear jet in Frankfurt and continued on to Cyprus, arriving just after midnight. An American helicopter then transported him to Beirut. His use of U.S. facilities for his flights was not surprising, even though officials traveling with President Reagan said they had no direct involvement in his initiative. They pointed out that U.S. helicopters fly frequently between Beirut and Larnaca, where many U.S. embassy personnel have been evacuated for security reasons. Waite had ample reason, moreover...
...diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, said he expected Jacobsen to leave Beirut sometime today for the four-hour flight to Frankfurt, arriving in the afternoon. He discounted reports that Jacobsen had left Beirut, saying the plane that will be dispatched for him still was in Frankfurt at midnight...