On this day in 1985, noble peace-loving freedom fighters of the PLO hijacked the cruise liner Achille Lauro. They then demonstrated how tough and resolute they were by shooting a wheelchair-bound senior citizen.
For some reason, not one of the hijackers ended up decorating a yardarm.
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However, we did end up capturing Abu Abbas in 2003 and he died (of natural causes, damn the luck) in US custody in 2004.
I was stationed in Greece back in the mid-late 80's. Once, we were driving through Piraeus and there she was - the Achille Lauro.
I mentioned it to the van full of fellow soldiers. None of them knew what I was talking about. =(
That's sad. :(
How could they not? I mean, by the time the story was ended there were F-14s and SEALs and a near shootout with the Carabinieri...
We have failed in our citizenshippery if we have not hunted-down and hung pirates.
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