Word: offing
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Airliners are particularly vulnerable. The P.F.L.P. promised a follow-up to the Athens attempt and issued a "final warning to tourists." It said: "Do not travel to Israel. Israel is under fire. Do not visit or come near Israeli embassies or offices of El Al Airlines anywhere in the world...
In airports from Athens to Paris, planes belonging to Israel's El Al and to other "vulnerable carriers," including the oft-plagued TWA, are escorted to and from runways by official vehicles. The aircraft are frequently parked on remote aprons to reduce airport damage in case of explosion. Security...
More Bizarre. Many of the new precautions were introduced after last Feb. 18, when four Arab terrorists from Lebanon began shooting up an El Al jetliner as it taxied toward a takeoff in Zurich. Last week three of the attackers were sentenced in a Swiss court in Winterthur to twelve...
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There is fear that more-and possibly even more bizarre-attacks may be in the offing. Two weeks ago, a Portuguese Jewish banker was seized and ransomed for $250,000 in Geneva by masked bandits who said it was for "our brethren in Winterthur." Last week British newspapers printed accounts of an Arab plot to kidnap wealthy British Jews for ransom. According to the reports, representatives of Al-Fatah hired members of the London underworld to drug the victims and smuggle them out of Britain to the Middle East. The list of proposed victims included Charles Clore, chairman of Selfridge...