"A Mediterranean Nightmare"
PLO terrorists seize the Italian cruise liner Achille Lauro
Magazine article
By: Mary Janigan
Date: October 21, 1985
Source: "A Mediterranean Nightmare," Maclean's, October 21, 1985, p. 40.
About the Author: Mary Janigan is a political writer for Maclean's magazine, which was founded in 1905 by journalist and entrepreneur John Bayne Maclean. The magazine is a leading newsweekly in Canada.
INTRODUCTION
On Monday, October 7, 1985, four armed Palestinian terrorists seized control of the Achille Lauro, an Italian passenger ship on a twelve-day cruise in the Mediterranean Sea. The ship had been carrying 680 passengers and 350 crew, but most...
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