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...shall return to Palestine." In a remarkably short time, the Palestinians, together with their packs and their AK-47 assault rifles, were loaded aboard a Cypriot ferryboat, the Sol Georgious. Shortly after 2 p.m., a full two hours ahead of schedule, they were on their way to Larnaca, Cyprus, as the bombastic farewell salute continued in the city they were leaving behind...
military action. Instead, he would normally drive in a bulletproof car from Beirut to Jounieh, a seaside town north of the capital, and board a U.S. helicopter for Larnaca in Cyprus. Then he would catch a flight to Tel Aviv. As the negotiations edged toward a settlement, U.S. intelligence agents picked up reports that an extremist splinter group of the P.L.O., run by George Habash, intended to assassinate the envoy. The faction opposed a P.L.O. withdrawal from Beirut. Habib spent one night in the shelter of the residence of U.S. Ambassador Robert S. Dillon in Yarze, southeast of Beirut. Habib...
...onetime R.A.F. flyer, chief pilot of Cyprus Airways, was enjoying a Saturday afternoon lunch with Wife Iris at a taverna in the mountains near Nicosia when he heard the news on the radio. Far below, in Nicosia, two gunmen had committed a political murder and were herding hostages to Larnaca airport. "I think we'd better dash back," said Captain Melling. "I'm the biggest hat in the company, and I'd better...
...accepted the plane as a flight in distress, then waved it off when an Air France pilot identified it as Cyprus 007. "Air France blew the gaffe on us," complained Melling, who landed anyway. There they refueled and took off once again?this time to their starting point at Larnaca. En route they were informed that they could divert to Damascus; Syrian President Hafez Assad himself had assured the killers refuge. Mohammed's reaction: "Not Syria! You don't know Syria! We're not going there...
After landing at Larnaca, Melling pulled up to the terminal and shut off his engines. Suddenly he noticed a strange plane taxiing by. It was a C-130E with Egyptian markings. What if the hijackers saw the plane and panicked? Melling quickly distracted them. Motioning behind him toward the cabin, he shouted loudly, "What was that noise?" The two Palestinians glanced back as the Egyptian plane slid by. "It looks like trouble," whispered Melling...