Word: kuwait
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sorrow and frustration in the eyes of many in the crowd of 150 Government officials and family members. Vice President George Bush delivered a brief and angry eulogy for the two officials from the U.S. Agency for International Development killed two weeks ago in the brutal hijacking of a Kuwait Airways flight bound for Karachi. "We shall know their murderers with the long memories of those who believe in patient but certain justice," said Bush. "Civilized nations can and must resist terrorism and demand that governments have the decency to bring terrorists to justice...
...journey that was unfolding so violently had an ordinary enough beginning. Flight 221 to Karachi is usually filled with expatriate Pakistani workers returning home after a year or two in Kuwait. The flight last week was no exception, and at least 120 Pakistanis patiently waited to check in at Kuwait International Airport with their newly acquired portable stereos and TV sets and with well-stuffed oversize suitcases. They were joined by at least ten Kuwaitis, including three diplomats heading for the Karachi consulate, as well as a team of three American auditors from the U.S. Agency for International Development...
...radio negotiations dragged on between the plane and control towers in Tehran and Kuwait, the hijackers pressed their demands. Finally, they agreed to let some of the 161 on board the Airbus leave. First, 46 women and children, including an American married to a Pakistani, and her daughter, made their way across the airstrip. All had been stripped of their personal papers and any identifying documents. They were followed by 23 Pakistanis and, later in the week, by a group of 30 men. The terrorists let eight more hostages go on Friday, and at week's end they released...
...control tower and demanded that Iranian officials broadcast a statement over the Arabic service of the Voice of the Islamic Revolution. Iran willingly complied. The hijackers called for the release from Kuwaiti prisons of their "innocent brothers," who they claimed had been tortured by "the joint butchering machine" of Kuwait, the U.S. and France. They admitted murdering two Americans and vowed to kill a third, whom they identified as "Charles Kipper," along with three Kuwaiti diplomats if their demands were not met. The American and Kuwaiti hostages, the hijackers declared, were "no more than a group of criminals who deserve...
...know-how to carry off such a risky mission without endangering the lives of all the hostages on board. And without the direct cooperation of Iranian officials, no outside power was likely to intervene to end the deadlock by military means. In an effort to pin the blame on Kuwait, Iranian radio reported last week that Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati said Iran was ready to "bring about a military solution," but Kuwait refused to approve the plan...