Mr. Habash promoted the Palestinian cause through terrorist attacks in the 1970s, including the 1976 hijacking of an Air France airliner to Entebbe, Uganda, where four civilians are killed during a rescue operation by Israeli paratroopers.
The group also was responsible for gunning down 27 people at Israel's Lod airport in May 1972. And it was credited with one of the first Palestinian hijackings, of an Israeli El Al flight from Rome to Tel Aviv in 1968. PFLP Gunmen ordered it flown to Algeria, but no one was hurt.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Death of a "Hero"....
Former Guerilla Leader Habash Dies at Age 81
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