The Achille Lauro Hijacking

Witness History: Archive 2012 - Een podcast door BBC World Service

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In 1985 the crew and passengers of an Italian luxury cruise liner were held hostage by gunmen from the Palestine Liberation Front in the Red Sea. The hijackers spent three days attempting to negotiate the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails before trying to make a get away.Photo: The Achille Lauro and Egyptian security forces. AFP/Getty Images.

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