Italian Cruise Ship Hijacked

The Achille Lauro left Genoa Italy on October 3 for a 12-day cruise of the Mediterranean Sea.

Italian cruise ship hijacked. The Achille Lauro left Genoa Italy on October 3 for a 12-day cruise of the Mediterranean Sea. On 7 October 1985 four Palestinian terrorists hijacked the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro as it was sailing from Alexandria Egypt to Ashdod Israel. Klinghoffer was disabled and in a wheelchair the terrorists shot him in the chest and head and then forced two crew members to dump him and the wheelchair he was confined.

They demanded the release of 50 Palestinians imprisoned in Israel and specifically threatened to kill the US. A group of armed Palestinians hijacked an Italian cruise ship with more than 400 people aboard--most of them crew members--off the Egyptian coast. TV Trivia Movie Trivia Science Trivia Disney Trivia The Office Trivia.

The four hijackers of the cruise liner Achille Lauro hijacked in turn by US F-14 fighters faced interrogation yesterday by an Italian magistrate while Washington and. On October 7 1985 four men including mastermind Muhammad Zaidan aka Mohammed Abul al-Abbas from the Palestine Liberation Front PLF hijacked the Italian MS Achille Lauro liner off the coast of Egypt as she was sailing from Alexandria to Ashdod Israel. The hijackers took the more than 400 passengers and crew members hostage and demanded.

7 1985 by four Palestinian militants associated with a faction of the Palestine Liberation Front PLF. Klinghoffer age 69 was from New York City and was vacationing with his wife Marilyn and their friends when four heavily armed terrorists hijacked the Achille Lauro cruise ship after it left Port Said Egypt. Twenty-five years ago today on October 7 1985 the Italian cruise ship the MS Achille Lauro was hijacked by four Palestinian militants associated with a faction of the Palestine Liberation Front.

In October 1985 what was the name of the Italian cruise ship hijacked by Palestinian terrorists. The three incidents provide the dovish Obama with. On October 7th 1985 the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked by four members of the Palestine Liberation Front off the coast of Alexandria Egypt.

And British passengers if their demands were not met. Aboard were 748 passengers and several hundred crew. The hijackers changed the route of.