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...first assault occurred shortly after 11 a.m., when seven Hanafis, led by Khaalis himself, burst into the headquarters of B'nai B'rith, the world's largest and oldest Jewish service organization. Moving upward floor by floor, they seized dozens of hostages, shooting at some, slapping and cutting others, shouting that they were ready to die for Allah. The hostages were herded into a conference room, the windows of which were then painted over...
...primary concern of police quickly became the B'nai B'rith Building. The Hanafis had chosen this target as a symbol of their grudge against Jews. Throughout the siege Khaalis denounced the Jewish judge who had presided at the trial of his family's killers. "The Jews control the courts and the press," he repeatedly charged...
There was no way to tell if the meeting would be a sitdown or a shootout when the group assembled at 8:10 p.m. in the lobby of the B'nai B'rith Building. With the ambassadors were Chiefs Cullinane and Rabe, and the police commander, Joseph O'Brien, who had investigated the murder of Khaalis' children and was trusted by Khaalis...
...victims of Khaalis did not feel quite so well as they emerged from the B'nai B'rith Building with cuts, bruises, shattered glasses and swollen eyes. They were greeted by the pealing of bells in a nearby church where many of their relatives had kept vigil. For these hostages, the ordeal had ended...
...does not so much say different things to different audiences as emphasize different aspects of his background. Before naval construction workers in Groton, Conn., he stresses his years in the Navy and his belief in "a strong, muscular defense." Before the B'nai B'rith in Washington, he notes that he and other Baptists consider the creation of Israel to be "the fulfillment of biblical prophecy." Speaking to farmers in Des Moines, he reminds them that he too is a farmer and urges an end to grain embargoes...