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Speculation about the terrorists' connections increased after Bonn announced that four of West Germany's 20 most wanted terrorists had been arrested in the Yugoslav city of Zagreb. Authorities there jailed them for entering the country illegally. The Yugoslavs identified the four with the help of the computerized, increasingly efficient West German anti-terrorist police...
Most likely, the arrests would not have been announced until extradition proceedings had been worked out, but a curious series of incidents in West Germany led to the early disclosures. The chain began with a daring escape by a terrorist from West Berlin's Moabit prison. Flashing the identification cards issued to lawyers visiting clients in Moabit, two smartly dressed young women said that they had appointments to see Till Meyer, 34, and Andreas-Thomas Vogel, 24. The two prisoners were among six terrorists on trial for the 1974 murder of West Berlin Supreme Court President Günter von Drenkmann...
...entire world should applaud the Italian government for its stand against terrorist demands. Giving in only paves the way for more terrorism...
...merely high spirits, however. The choice of Argentina as the World Cup venue, a decision made in 1966, has drawn strong criticism from human rights activists. One reason: the widespread operation in Argentina of rightwing death squads searching for members of the left-wing Montoneros terrorist units that have plagued the country for the past eight years. Amnesty International has launched a campaign against alleged torture used by government officials on Argentine political prisoners, and is backed by, among others, the West German Protestant Church. Anti-Argentina protesters in France bombed a travel agency offering World Cup tours. An assailant...
...Argentines are all too aware of the possibilities for terrorist violence during the World Cup. In August 1976, as he was on his way to explain at a press conference the workings of the Cup organizing committee, which he had been chosen to head, retired Argentine Army General Omar Actis was ambushed and machine-gunned by Montoneros guerrillas. Montoneros members are known to be discussing the fomenting of demonstrations during the series, though they are also thought by most authorities to have decided that violence in the soccer stadiums themselves (the games will be played at six sites prior...