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...Greek Cypriot government of President Spyros Kyprianou, the Karachi hijacking presented a dilemma. Cyprus is anxious not to antagonize its Arab neighbors, but is determined to do everything it can to discourage hijackers from landing at Larnaca airport. As soon as the terrorists demanded they be flown to the eastern Mediterranean island, the Cypriot government announced that the jumbo jet would not be allowed to land there. Whether the Cypriots would have remained firm in their resolve if the Pan Am plane had arrived in their air space is uncertain. "But fortunately," sighed one relieved Cypriot official, "our will...
Greek Cypriots across the "green line" that separates the two communities heard Denktash's lofty words, but were not impressed by the qualifier. An infuriated President Spyros Kyprianou demanded that the action "be condemned by everybody throughout the world." In Athens, the government of Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou was equally outraged at what it perceived to be another threat to Cyprus' Greeks. In Ankara, where a caretaker government is running the country until the installation of newly elected Prime Minister Turgut Ozal, officials who normally support Denktash insisted that they were as stunned as everyone else...
Both Premier Caramanlis and Cyprus President Spyros Kyprianou have rejected the Turkish proposals as a form of de facto partition of the island. Their counterproposal demands more limited Turkish-Cypriot autonomy, a guaranteed return to their homes for the majority of Greek-Cypriot refugees, and withdrawal of 29,000 Turkish troops still on the island...
That assurance was scarcely comforting to Sadat, who knew that Cyprus had long been a haven for Palestinian terrorists. Fearing that the killers might be freed, Sadat alerted the Egyptian army's crack Saiqa (Lightning) commando team and ordered it sent to Larnaca. Cairo merely informed Kyprianou that "we have people on the way to help rescue the hostages." Clearly, Sadat was preparing for an Entebbe-like raid. When the Egyptian transport arrived, Cypriot officials were stunned to discover that the "helpers" were Commando General Nabil Shukry and his assault team. Most were wearing combat suits. For some unexplained...
Adamantly, Kyprianou refused to allow the Egyptian team to act. As negotiations wore on late into Sunday evening, Shukry correctly decided that the Cypriots were preparing to release the two assassins. He sent his men into action-and disaster...