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It was one of the most daring, spectacular rescues of modern times. For nearly a week, pro-Palestinian skyjackers had held 105 hostages-mostly Israeli-at Uganda's Entebbe Airport. Now, with time rapidly slipping away and the deadline merely hours off, death seemed ever more certain for the...
As the engines of the Hercules were kept racing, the commando units, in civilian dress, fanned out across the airfield and headed for the old terminal (with its WELCOME TO UGANDA sign) where the skyjackers were guarding the hostages. After a 15-minute blaze of gunfire, it was all over...
For the 2,620-mile flight to Entebbe, the turboprop Hercules carefully flew over the Red Sea, protected by Israeli air force jet fighters, and were refueled in midair. For the return trip, however, the transports made a quick refueling stop in Kenya. Four hours later the planes and their...
While Gluck lived in Vienna, his music pupils included the Habsburg princesses, so when one of them became Queen Marie Antoinette two years ago, Gluck began planning to restage his operas in Paris. Although the pro-Italian faction there is strong (once headed by Philosopher and sometime Composer Jean-Jacques...
The Arab arms buildup is particularly worrisome to Israel and its American Jewish supporters. With predictable grumbling from Jerusalem, the U.S. has sold arms to Jordan, Saudi Arabia and other Arab states that played minor roles in the 1973 war. This month, though, Washington announced that it intends to sell...