Word: issa
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...humanity of these two men collides in the early hours of September 4, creating a bizarre, almost surreal spectacle. Sportcasters such as Howard Cosell find themselves on point as hundreds of television cameras beam images of the terrorists' leader, "Issa," who for some reason has blackened his face and wears a white hat as he coolly lays down his terms to German officials ranging from a bemused young policewoman with whom he shares a cigarette to Foreign Minister Hans Dietrich Genscher, who confesses with hindsight to being quite taken with Issa's obvious charisma. His second in command, "Tony," constantly...
...stress of the heart-stopping drama may have pushed both men, momentarily, to acknowledge each other's humanity. Al Gashey recalls that hours into the siege, he and his comrades standing guard began chatting with the Israelis, exchanging stories and jokes. The all-too-human exchange ended when Issa came in and ordered silence, believing it would be harder for the Palestinians to kill their captives if they'd engaged them as human beings. And that's a lesson both sides learned two decades later in their tortuous peace process. They may disagree on fundamentals, but their ongoing conversation makes...