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Middle East Review of International Affairs
Middle-East Connected Anti-American Terror Attacks
by Caroline Taillandier
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Abstract
(+) indicates that Americans were killed or wounded in the described attack, though the intended aim most likely was not specifically to harm Americans.
1970:
+February 23, 1970--Halhoul, West Bank
Barbara Ertle of Granville, Michigan was killed during a PLO shooting attack on a busload of pilgrims in Halhoul, a village near Hebron. Two other Americans were wounded in the attack
March 28-29, 1970--Beirut, Lebanon
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) fired seven rockets against American targets in Beirut -- the U.S. Embassy, the American Insurance Company, Bank of America and the John F. Kennedy library. The attacks were in retaliation "for plans of the United States Embassy in Beirut to foment religious strife and create civil massacres in Lebanon aimed at paralyzing the Palestinian resistance movement," according to a PFLP statement.
September 14, 1970--En route to Amman, Jordan
The PFLP hijacked a TWA flight from Zurich, Switzerland and forced it to land in Amman, Jordan. During the hijacking, four American citizens were injured.
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Endnotes
Note *: Caroline Taillandier is currently studying for a BA in Political Science and Economics at Tel Aviv University and is a research assistant at the GLORIA Center. Back