Italian Cruise Ship Hijacked

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.

Italian cruise ship hijacked. The well-armed men who belonged to the. The story of the hijacking of the Itallian liner Achille Lauro by four militants of the Palestine Liberation Front in 1985 who demanded the release of several Palestinians incarcerated in Israeli prisons. 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.

They murdered Leon Klinghoffer an elderly wheelchair-bound American Jew and took some 320 crewmembers and 80 passengers hostage. The Achille Lauro An Italian cruise ship sailing the Mediterranean hijacked on October 7 1985 by four heavily armed Palestinian terrorists. On 7 October 1985 four Palestinian terrorists hijacked the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro as it was sailing from Alexandria Egypt to Ashdod Israel.

Gunmen hijack Italian cruise liner Palestinian militants have hijacked an Italian cruise liner the Achille Lauro in the Mediterranean and threatened to blow it up. The Achille Lauro left Genoa Italy on October 3 for a 12-day cruise of the Mediterranean Sea. The three incidents provide the dovish Obama with.

The Italian cruise ship was hijacked in 1985 by four terrorists members of the Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The Achille Lauro left Genoa Italy on October 3 for a 12-day cruise of the Mediterranean Sea. Aboard were 748 passengers and several hundred crew.

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. 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. Named after the chairman of the company that came to own her the ship her keel was laid in 1939 suffered an onboard explosion in.

The original intent was to attack Ashdod Israel the final destination of the cruise. 7 1985 by four Palestinian militants associated with a faction of the Palestine Liberation Front PLF. The Achille Lauro was an Italian cruise liner from hell.