SUPPLEMENT NO. 4 SIGNIFICANT FEDAYEEN AND FEDAYEEN-RELATED INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST INCIDENTS 1 JANUARY TO 31 MARCH 1975

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• Publication Date: March 31, 1975
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SIGNIFICANT FEDAYEEN AND FEDAYEEN-RELATED INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST INCIDENTS
1 JANUARY TO 31 MARCH 197S
This chronology lists significant fedayeen and fedayeen-related international
terrorist incidents and supplemer..ts the chronologies covering the period January 1970
through December 1974. This listing does not include routine fedayeen actions inside
Israel.
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CHANGES AND ADDITIONS TO PERMANENT CHRONOLOGY FOR
JANUARY 1970 TO DECEMBER 1974
8 May 1972
30 May 1972
Israel, BSO Hijacks Sabena Plane.
Lod Airport Five BSO terrorists hijacked a Sabena plane,
on the Vienna to Athens route, to Lod Airport.
Israeli security forces killed three hijackers,
and the passengers were freed. Five passengers
were wounded in the gunfight and one later died.
Life sentences were given to the two surviving
hijackers.
Israel, Lod Airport Massacre.
Lod Airport Japanese terrorists from the Red Army faction,
collaborating with the PFLP, attacked passengers
at Lod Airport, killing 28 and wounding 78.
The lone Japanese survivor of the massacre was
sentenced to life imprisonment.
5 September 1972 West Germany, Munich Olympics Massacre.
Munich BSO terrorists killed 11 members of the Israeli
Olympic team at Munich. Five of the Arab gun-
men were killed by police. 71:c three BSO sur-
vivors were jailed to await trial, but several
weeks later were released by two other Pales-
tinians who hijacked a West German jetliner.
All were flown to Libya and nothing has been
heard of them since.
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Sudan, BSO Seizes Saudi Arabian Embassy.
Khartoum Fright BSO terrorists seized the Saudi Arabian
Embassy in Khartoum as guests were departing
from a reception. They held the new U.S. Ain-
hassador to the Sudan and the departing Deputy
Chief of Mission, the Belgian Charge, a Jor-
danian Charge, and the Saudi Arab ian Ambassador
aF hostages. The U.S. :\mhassador, the Deputy
Chief of Mission and the Belgian Charge were
assassinated the following day. After pro-
longed legal delays the eight ISO terrorists
were sentenced to life imprisonment. President
Numarvi reduced the sentence to seven years,
and the terrorists were flown to Cairo on 25
.June 1974 to serve the remainder of their ter;,is.
The Egyptian government, which has imprisoned
the terrorists, has been under- pressure to turn
them over to the PLO but has not vet done so.
9 April 1973 Cyprus, Nicosia BSO 'reams Att.ck Israeli Ambassador's Resi-
dence and Plane.
Two teams o BSO terrorists attacked an 1:1 Al
aircraft and the Israeli Amhass;tdor's resi-
dence. One terrorist died from wounds, and
the other seven were sentenced to seven yearF'
imprisonment. on 0 December 197.i they were
released and flown to Cairo, hut later de-
parted for an unspecified Arab country.
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27 April 1973
19 July 1973
20 July 1.973
Italy, Italian Employee of E1 Al Killed.
Rome An Italian employee of El Al Airlines was shot
and killed in Rome by a Lebanese claiming to
he a 13SO operative. Ile was apprehended by
Italian authorities. It is believed lie wa-1;
;ranted provisional liberty and probably
quietly left Italy.
Greece, Attempted Attack on 1:1 Al offices.
Athens An armed fedayeen terrorist who attempted to
nreak into the Athens office of the Israeli
airline 1:1 Al seized hostages at a nearby
hotel. lie was later granted safe passage to
Kuwait and left Kuwait for an undisclosed
destination on 20 .July.
Netherlands, JAL Flight Seized by PFLP Terrorists.
Amsterdam A Japan Airlines flight from Paris to Anchor-
age, Alaska, was seized by four terrorists
believed to he members of the PFLP. The air-
craft was destroyed on 24 July in Benghazi,
Libya, after being held for three days in
Dubai. Reutars reported that the hijackers
had been released and were at liberty in
Damascus where they arrived on 13 August 1974.
They were also reported to have traveled to
Aden and Beirut.
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Norway, BSO Suspect Assassinated.
Oslo A Moroccan waiter resident in Norway was mur-
dered by several persons alleged to he Israeli
agents, in the belief that he was involved in
a planned BSO operation in Norway. Six people,
including two Israelis, were arrested and
charged as accessories. Two of them said they
belonged to an Israeli group fighting the BSO,
according to police. Five of the six defen-
dants, all of them Jewish, were sentenced to
prison te,-ms ranging from one to five and a
half years. One Israeli was acquitted. In
October '1!74 two Israelis, after serving half
their sentences, were expelled to Israel.
5 August 1973 Greece, Fedayeen Attack Athens Airport Lounge.
Athens Two edayeen terrorists who initially 'identified
themselves as BSO members attacked the crowded
transit lounge of the Athens international air-
port with grenades and gunfire, killing five
persons and injuring 55 others. Later the ter-
rorists were identified as belonging to Ahmad
Abd-al-Ghaffur's group of Fatah dissidents.
They were sentence'! to death by a Greek court
on 23 January 1074. '1'nir sentences were com-
muted to life imprisonment on 23 April 1974,
and Greece expelled them :a S May 1974 to Libya.
The two gunmen were apparently freed, however,
since one of them was with Ahd-al-Ghaffur when
he was killed in Beirut on 13 September l.74.
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5 September 1973 Italy, BSO Commandos Arrest^d Near Airport.
Ostia A five-man BS() Commando group in Ostia was ar-
rested by Italian authorities, who said tlic
group had concealed two Soviet-built SA-77
rocket launchers in an apartment near Fiumi-
cino airport with the intention of shooting
down an Israeli airliner. Two of the five
fedaveen arrested were rclcased on ball in
late October and later flown to Libya. The
other three were sentenced in February 1974
to five years and two months imprisonment but
were granted provisional liberty on 28 Febru-
ary. It is assumed they quietly left Italy.
5-8 September France, Saudi Arabian Embassy in Paris Seized.
1973 Paris Five fe ayeen terrorists claiming to he members
of the "Punishment Organization" shot their way
into the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Paris and
seized 13 of its staff as hostages. After
negotiations, the terrorists released most of
the prisoners and departed Paris with four
hostages for an unknown destin.ition. After a
stop in Cairo, Egypt, the terrorists landed in
Kuwait. They demanded another plane and flew
to Saudi Arabia, decided not to land, and re-
turned to Kuwait. On 8 September the terror-
ists surrendered to Kuwaiti authorities and
handed over their hostages unharmed. In Octo-
ber the five had departed, possibly for Syria,
to fight against Israel, according to press
reports. The operation had been mounted by
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Iraqi-based Fatah dissident leader Sabri al-
Banna, who wanted to force the release of a
Fatah official imprisoned in Jordan.
28-29 September Austria, Sa'iga Terrorists Seize Jewish Hostages.
1973 Marchegg Three Soviet Jewish emigres traveling to Vienna
by train and an Austrian customs official were
seized at Marchegg by two armed terrorists be-
lieved to be members of Sa'iga. In return for
the release of the hostages the Austrian gov-
ernment provided the terrorists with a plane,
which after a circuitous route landed in
Tripoli, Libya. The Austrians also agreed to
close the Soviet Jewish emigrant transit camp
at Schoenau castle. In December 1973 Libya
announced that the two terrorists had been re-
leased to fight in the war against Israel.
25-28 November Lebanon, KLM Jet Hijacked.
1973 Beirut Three armed hijackers who called themselves
members of the Arab Youth Organization for the
Liberation of Palestine hijacked an Amsterdam-
to-Tokyo KLM 747 with 247 passengers aboard as
it was flying from Beirut to New Delhi. After
stops in Cyprus, Libya, Malta and Dubai, the
hijackers surrendered to Dubai authorities,
who offered the terrorists safe conduct in ex-
change for the hostages. On 8 December 1973
the hijackers were taken to Abu Dhabi where
they presumably were turned over to the PLO.
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17-18 December
1973
Italy
Terrorists Attack and Hiiack Planes.
Five fedayeen terrorists opened fire in the
customs area at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci
(Fiumicino) Airport. The terrorists took sev-
eral hostages, proceeded to a Pan Am 707 that
was loading for a flight to Beirut, and threw
hand grenades into the plane, killing and in-
juring numerous passengers. After the attack
on the aircraft the terrorists, with their
hostages, boarded and hijacked a Lufthansa air-
craft. The plane landed at Athens and later
proceeded to Kuwait, where the hijackers sur-
rendered. On 2 March 1974 the terrorists were
flown from Kuwait to Cairo where they were to
be tried by the PLO, but Egyptian authorities
did not release the group. On the demand of
the four fedayeen who hijacked a British plane
from Dubai to Tunis on 22 November 1974, the
five Rome terrorists were flown to Tunis and
on 7 December 1974 went to Libya with the hi-
jackers and two other terrorists released by
the Netherlands. Libya reportedly imprisoned
all eleven, but later they appeared to be at
liberty in Libya.
Lebanon, British Airways Plane Hijacked.
Beirut A _British Airways VC-10 with 102 persons aboard
was hijacked by two armed terrorists soon after
takeoff from Beirut airport, the only stop on a
Bombay to London flight. The hijackers forced
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the aircraft to land at Amsterdam. After al-
lowing all passengers and crew members to flee,
the terrorists destroyed the aircraft by using
the plane's liquor supply to set it on fire.
A group calling itself the Organization of Arab
Nationalist Youth for the Liberation of Pales-
tine claimed responsibility for the hijacking,
according to press reports. They were sentenced
to five years imprisonment on 6 June 1974. They
were released on 24 November 1974 and flown to
Tunis as part of an agreement reached with four
terrorists who hijacked a BA plane at Dubai on
22 November. On 7 December the two terrorists
went to Libya with the four hijackers who had
demanded their release and five other terror-
ists released from Egypt. The two hijackers
apparently are at liberty in Libya.
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PERMANENT CHRONOLOGY FOR 1 JANUARY TO 31 MARCH 1975
13 January 1975 France, Paris Attempted Attack on El ~.1 Airliner at Orly
Airport.
Two unidentified men fired two bazooka rounds,
presumably at an El Al airliner, but missed
the Israeli plane and damaged a Yugoslav plane
parked nearby. The first bazooka round hit
the fuselage of the Yugoslav airliner without
exploding, slightly wounding a Yugoslav stew-
ard, a French security guard and a workman.
The two men involved escaped immediately after
the attack. An anonymous telephone caller
told Reuters the attack was carried out by t;_e
Mohammed Boudia Commando, a fedayeen group.
Mohammed Boudia, an Algerian exile, was a co-
ordinator of fedayeen activities in Europe.
He was killed by a car bomb explosion in France
in July 1973.
19 January 1975 France, Paris Second Unsuccessful Attack on El Al Airliner.
Fedayeen guerrillas, claiming a iliation with
the "Mohammed Boudia Commando" group, unsuccess-
fully attempted to shoot up an El Al jetliner
at Orly Airport, seriously injuring eight per-
sons as they fled from police gunfire.. They
held several hostages in an airport restroom
while negotiating with French police and the
Egyptian Ambassador to France. An Air France
Jet was put at their disposal, and after
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flying over Europe and the Middle East for
about 14 hours seeking a country that would
accept the three guerrillas, the plane finally
landed at Baghdad where the guerrillas gave
themselves up to Iraqi officials, who had re-
lented "on humanitarian grounds" and allowed
the aircraft to make a final landing at Baghdad.
Israel, Fatah Attacks Hotel in Tel Aviv.
Tel Aviv Eight Fatah guerrillas who landed from the sea
seized the Savoy Hotel and held 10 hostages.
The terrorists attempted to negotiate with the
Israeli authorities with no success. Later
Israeli forces stormed the hotel and seized
the one remaining terrorist. In all, 18 per-
sons were killed and several others wounded.
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