Word: mogadishu
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...careful planning and expertly trained troops. An Israeli group in 1976 rescued 105 hostages from an Air France flight at Entebbe, Uganda. Four died -- three hostages and one commando. In 1977 West German forces staged the most successful raid, rescuing 86 passengers and crew from a Lufthansa jet in Mogadishu, Somalia. No commandos or hostages were killed...
Some experts argue that the best deterrent to the seizing of hostages is a demonstrated willingness to fight fire with fire. Successful examples: the Israeli commando raid on Entebbe in 1976, the Dutch army's storming of a hijacked commuter train in 1977, the West German assault at Mogadishu, Somalia, four months later and the British commando rescue at the Iranian embassy in London in 1980. Says U.S. Antiterrorism Expert Robert Kupperman: "Right after Mogadishu and the Dutch train incident, the world became convinced that Western governments would risk killing everybody if they have...
...hour tête-à-tête with Anwar Sadat, at the Egyptian President's villa in his home village of Mit Abu el Kom in the Nile delta. Then there was a hastily arranged New Year's Day flight to Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, for talks with President Mohammed Siad Barre. After more discussions with top Egyptian officials in Cairo, Henry Kissinger jetted at week's end to Jerusalem for a three-day visit that was to include a dinner given by Israel's Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir and a session with Prime...
Carter's handling of the raid into Iran borders on the incredible. He seems to have absorbed none of the lessons learned by the Israelis at Entebbe or the Germans at Mogadishu. The U.S. force combined elements of all four of the services, a composition more suitable to an honor-guard unit than a combat detachment. It is no wonder that the Army commander said afterward that he had no authority to destroy the helicopters left in the desert...
...I.R.A. gunmen. One reason for the S.A.S.'s success has been its fearsome psychological impact on terrorists in South Armagh. So great is the S.A.S. reputation that European governments have often called upon its antiterrorist squads for help. During the 1977 hijacking of a Lufthansa 707 to Mogadishu, for example, the S.A.S. sent two men to advise West German commandos in their successful storming of the aircraft...