Kind of a random question here, so a couple days ago I was watching the History Channel and I was watching the first Arab/Muslim hijacking in history from about the 1970s I think, of how they hijacked an Israeli plane and landed it in some country (don't know which one) that was at war with Israel and they held them prisoner and they were going to try to trade them in for Palestinian prisoners. The interesting thing is that the country tried to show the world and the United Nations that they weren't evil and just wanted to free Palestinian people so they put the prisoners temporarily in a very luxurious place with awesome food and expensive furniture to show that they were treating them well, but in reality they treated them like crap. It was very interesting anyway I'm giving a reports in my class and would love to talk about this but I need more information can anyone give me any insight or recommend any good books or movies about this? Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks
2007-11-16 15:22:36 · 3 answers · asked by Hakim H 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I think you are referring to hijacking that ended in Entebbe, Uganda, when Israeli special forces rescued the hostages and killed most of the terrorists. You could google "Entebbe Raid" and that would lead you to other links. Idi Amin was the ruler of Uganda at the time. As a Muslim he was sympathetic to the hijackers.
2007-11-16 15:30:03 · answer #1 · answered by marguerite L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are referring to the hijacking of an airliner and taking it to Uganda's Entebbe Airport, I doubt the story of a luxurious stay for the Israeli hostages. They were kept in the old airport terminal, sleeping on a bare floor and guarded by the
hijackers.
Ugandan dictator Idi Amin tried to put in nice face to the situation, having TV reporters show him visiting the hostages.
Eventually, Israeli commandos freed most of the hostages (some were unfortunately killed in the raid), loosing only one soldier. Most of the hijackers were killed, along with several Ugandan soldiers.
2007-11-17 01:59:23 · answer #2 · answered by wichitaor1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's plenty of information about the Entebbe raid. Start with wikipedia, follow all the links.
2007-11-16 23:26:16 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋