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Handout: Important historical counter-terrorist operations
Most successful hostage rescues
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1972
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Ben-Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv:
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Israeli commandos storm a hijacked Belgian Sabena jet; one passenger,
five commandos and two terrorists KIA.
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1976
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Entebbe, Uganda:
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Israeli paratroops kill 7 PFLP terrorists, destroy 11 MiGs and rescue
hostages.
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1977
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Assen, Holland:
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Dutch special forces kill 6 Southern Moluccan terrorists (and 2
hostages) who had taken a train hostage.
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1978
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Mogadishu, Somalia:
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German GSG-9 commandos kill 3 PFLP terrorists and liberate hostages
taken during a Luftansa flight.
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1980
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London:
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British SAS kill anti-Khomeini terrorists who seized the Iranian
Embassy, London.
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1981
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Paris:
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French Brigade anti-commando (BAC) frees Turkish consulate in Paris
from Armenian terrorists.
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1994
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Marseilles:
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French GIGN exterminates GIA (Algerian) terrorists who had hijacked an
Air France Airbus.
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1996-97
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Lima, Peru:
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Peruvian special forces save 400 hostages taken at a Japanese Embassy
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Failed hostage rescues
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1972
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Munich:
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German police fail to kill Black September terrorists before the latter
kill all Israeli athletes.
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1974
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Qiryat Shemona settlement, Israel:
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PFLP GC terrorists detonate explosives when Israeli commandos attempt
hostage rescue; 18 Israelis killed.
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1974
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Ma�alot, Israel:
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Israeli troops storm dormitory where PFLP terrorists held children
hostage; terrorists machine gun hostages, killing 27 and wounding 70.
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1980
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Iran:
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US plan to save hostages in Tehran, entitled �Desert One,� collapses
because of bad planning and an airplane crash.
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1985
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Malta:
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Egyptian commandos attempt to free hostages of an Egypt-Air flight
between Athens and Cairo; 59 hostages killed and 29 wounded as a result
of the botched raid.
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2003
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Moscow:
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Attempt to free 300+ hostages at a Moscow opera house backfires when
sleeping gas kills many hostages in addition to Chechen terrorists.
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