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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...lenient with captured terrorists. One reason: the presence of large Greek communities in Arab countries. But to the Greeks, increasingly angry over the terrorist habit of using Athens as a convenient hunting ground (six incidents in five years), this most recent atrocity was the breaking point. The two captives -Shaif al Arid, 22, and Tallal Kantourah, 21, both from Jordan-were quickly indicted for premeditated murder. They face the death penalty, which in Greece is by firing squad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRORISM: The Wrong Passengers | 8/20/1973 | See Source »

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