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Describing themselves only as "Egypt's revolutionaries," the hijackers threatened to begin killing passengers at regular intervals unless the Maltese agreed to refuel the plane. Meanwhile, in response to an appeal from the pilot, the hijackers agreed to release eleven women, including the seven Filipino dancers and four Egyptians. Then they asked any Israeli women to identify themselves. Thinking she too would be released, Tamar Artzi, 24, rose from her seat. One of the hijackers aimed his pistol at her head and pulled the trigger. At the last second Artzi turned her head; miraculously, the bullet only grazed her cheek...
...fortunate. She stayed in her seat when the hijackers began searching for her, but they managed to identify her from her passport photo. With her hands tied, she was dragged to the open doorway, where she too was shot in the head and thrown onto the runway. Beneath the plane, the wounded Artzi crawled toward her friend's body, but one of the hijackers saw her and shot her in the hip. "They shot us as a sport," she said later, "as though they were shooting dogs." Mendelson never regained consciousness, and three days later was pronounced clinically dead...
...children the hijackers had refused to release. Amid the pandemonium, Captain Galal suddenly found a chance to take personal revenge against the leader of the hijackers, a man who identified himself as "Nabil." After the commando assault began, said Galal, Nabil hurled a grenade toward the rear of the plane. Realizing he had taken his eyes off Galal, Nabil turned and fired at him. The pilot ducked, and the bullet grazed his head. Seizing a fire ax, Galal felled the terrorist with one swing, then jumped to safety. In the aftermath of the horror of Flight 648, many questions remained...
Foreign businessmen learn that in Japan profitmaking requires patience. In the U.S., deals may be struck over a single lunch, but Japanese executives feel comfortable only after extended contact. Says Albert Sieg, president of Kodak Japan: "The worst mistake is to tell your prospective business partners that your plane leaves at 2 p.m. Friday, and you have to clinch a deal by then...
...spectacular incidents. Though governments did finally begin to fight back, their efforts illustrated the complexities and perils of antiterrorist action: the U.S. capture of the Achille Lauro hijackers strained relations with Egypt and Italy, while 60 passengers on the EgyptAir jet were dead after Egyptian commandos stormed the grounded plane in Malta. But in Argentina the elected civilian government of President Raśl Alfonsin sentenced to long prison terms five members of the former military junta who were convicted of practicing what might be called state terrorism: the kidnaping, torture and killing of innocent citizens...