Italian Cruise Ship Captured by Terrorists
The Achille Lauro hijacking took place on 7 October 1985 when the Italian ocean liner MS Achille Lauro was hijacked by four men representing the Palestine Liberation Front PLO off the coast of Egypt as she was sailing from Alexandria to Ashdod IsraelA 69-year-old Jewish American man in a wheelchair Leon Klinghoffer was murdered by the hijackers and thrown overboard. The ship had just departed Alexandria Egypt on a pleasure cruise of the Mediterranean. This Week In Jewish History Palestinian Terrorists Hijack Italian Cruise Ship World Jewish Congress The first Enterprise in the Navy was a British sloop captured by Col. . A few hours later terrorists from the Palestinian Liberation Front hijacked the ship. After tense negotiations and the killing of an American tourist the hijackers traveled in a battered tugboat to the city of. Task Purpose provides military news culture and analysis by and for the military and veterans community. ...