Word: hijacked
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...trouble with the Israelis is that they are too damn decent and moral. Arabs are without scruples, and where it suits their purposes they break cease-fire agreements, employ paramilitary terrorists, plant bombs in marketplaces, hijack and shoot at Israeli civilian planes, kill Jews and their gentile sympathizers in Europe and America, enlist the use of U.N. agencies in their cause, and generally ignore civilized conduct and international laws and norms. It is time that the Israelis also ignored international conventions and played the same immoral game...
...North Koreans wouldn't hijack an Israeli ship...
...drew his biggest standing ovation of the evening when he said, "When respect for the United States has fallen so low that a fourth-rate military power like North Korea will hijack a United States vessel on the high seas, it is time for new leadership to restore respect for the United States of America...
...keep the record straight for future generations, I feel it my duty to point out that in the movie Desperate Journey, Errol Flynn returned a rebuilt Lockheed Hudson bomber to the British and did not hijack a Nazi bomber as you reported. In either case, I'm sure this action shortened the war considerably...
...week, and about 1,000 tons of their powdered milk and eggs, baby food and other supplies have piled up in Fernando Po, awaiting reshipment. Meantime, Gowon's agents are reportedly trying to stop flights by offering the pilots as much as $100,000 to hijack and sabotage the planes...