the golden age of terrorism

vienna, december 21 1975

To the Austrian Authorities

We are holding hostage the delegations to the OPEC conference.

We demand the lecture of our communiqué on the Austrian radio and television network every two hours, starting two hours from now. A large bus with windows covered by curtains must be prepared to carry us to the airport Of Vienna tomorrow at 7.00, where a full-tanked DC9 with a crew of three must be ready to take us and our hostages to our destination. Any delay, provocation or unauthorized approach under any guise will endanger the life of our hostages.

The Arm of the Arab Revolution

it was an age of afros, moustaches and flared pants
terrorism was bank roberries, kidnappings
hijackings, airport tarmac standoffs and car chases

the baader-meinhof gang
and the red brigade

it was the golden age of terrorism



carlos the jackal
probably history's most famous terrorist
in vienna in 1975
kidnapped 60 senior government officials
oil ministers and their entourage
from an OPEC conference

he loaded them onto a plane
flew them all to algiers
and later escaped to terrorise another day

read the whole story here at the crime library
itself a repository of fairly good true crime writings..

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