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...While I frankly am no particular friend of the Israelis, how else could they reasonably react under the circumstances? Their finest athletes have recently been assassinated by desperadoes, some of whom could have easily been on that Libyan plane. The Israelis have had too many bitter experiences with guerrillas, saboteurs, spies and letter-bombs...
...Palestinian activities in Sudan, Numeiry angrily asserted that Black September was indeed part of Al-Fatah. As proof, he charged the head of the Al-Fatah office in Khartoum with having masterminded the massacre. He said that the leader, Fawwaz Yassin, had left Khartoum for Tripoli on a Libyan airliner only hours before the attack on the Saudi embassy was launched. Detailed plans for the entire operation, in Yassin's handwriting, were later found in his desk. Sample: "Tareq -Issue instructions strictly and violently to all those inside the hall in a strong voice...Khaled-Control the garden completely...
...Sinai incident was an unpardonable breach-if not of international law, since Israel claimed that its pilots had followed established procedures before finally opening fire on the plane -at least of international decency. The only crime of the captain-a French pilot named Jacques Bourges, 42, on contract to Libyan Arab Airlines-was that he mistakenly overflew air space claimed by Israel. Even Israel's friends abroad were shocked by the assault on the unarmed passenger plane. President Nixon sent pointed messages of sympathy to Libya and Egypt, whose citizens accounted for most of those killed in the crash...
Israeli pilots who took part in the shooting appeared at a press conference in Tel Aviv; they were identified only as "Y" and "S." They claimed that they had flown to within 15 ft. of the Libyan jet, indicating by thumb signals that Bourges should descend and land at Bir Gifgafa airbase in Sinai. Bourges, they said, made the proper response by lowering his landing gear, and his altitude gradually dropped from 15,000 ft. to 1,500 ft. But he also indicated by hand signals that he was turning west in the direction of Cairo. When he picked...