Word: kuwaiti
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...toting terrorists bring murder and mayhem to a hijacked Kuwaiti Airbus...
...Bekaa Valley, that some U.S. officials think may have been responsible for killing more than 300 people in last year's bombing attacks on the U.S. embassy and Marine barracks in Beirut. Bombers also hit the U.S. embassy and other targets in Kuwait on Dec. 12, 1983, and Kuwaiti officials took a tough stand; 17 terrorists were brought to trial and sentenced to death or terms in prison. It was in the hope of forcing Kuwait to release the imprisoned terrorists that the hijackers set out on the murderous road that led to the bleak tarmac in Tehran...
...plane had been airborne no more than 15 minutes when the men took control of the aircraft and ordered the pilot to turn the Airbus toward Iran. One Kuwaiti was reportedly shot and wounded in the leg during the brief scuffle. Tehran has gained a reputation as a haven for air pirates ever since three terrorists diverted...
After temporarily breaking off all radio contact on Friday, the terrorists called the 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...
Given the cold-blooded zealotry of the hijackers, there appeared to be no easy way out of the standoff at Mehrabad. A negotiated settlement was out of the question. Staunchly backed by Washington, Kuwaiti officials refused even to consider the terrorists' demands. Instead, they concentrated their diplomatic efforts on prodding Iran to take the necessary action. Algeria and Syria were enlisted as go-betweens, and the six states of the Gulf Cooperative Council bombarded Tehran with messages urging the Khomeini regime to make sure, as Tariq Almoayed, Bahrain's Minister of Information, put it, that "those who have...