Word: superterrorists
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Dates: during 1977-1977
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Every so often, Palestinian coffers have been replenished with income extracted by terrorism. In December 1975 a group-working with the mysterious superterrorist "Carlos"-invaded an OPEC meeting in Vienna, killed three people and took 81 hostages. The hostages were gradually released in return for a $25 million ransom paid jointly by Saudi Arabia and Iran. The loot was split, $5 million for Carlos and $20 million for the Palestinians. The Palestinians also claim to make $5 million a year operating an illegal drug market inside Israel, using Oriental Jews as pushers...