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What was the achille lauro?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

The Achille Lauro was an Italian cruise ship hijacked by four Middle Eastern extremists in the 1980's. An elderly Jewish-American passenger was killed and thrown overboard, the only fatality of the incident. Delta Force cornered the hijackers on an Italian air base, and the Italian military stared them down, allowing the hijackers to escape. It was not the proudest moment for Italy, but it could have been much worse.

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16y ago

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