OPEC siege
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opec-siege-307-7393523
title:
OPEC siege
text:
On 21 December 1975, six terrorists attacked the semi-annual meeting of OPEC leaders in Vienna, Austria; the attackers took more than 60 hostages after killing an Austrian policeman, an Iraqi OPEC security officer, and a Libyan economist. Several other individuals were wounded. The self-named "Arm of the Arab Revolution" group was led by Carlos the Jackal. The siege resulted in complex diplomatic negotiations. It ended two days later, after flights to Algiers and Tripoli, with all the hostages a
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1975 terrorist incident and hostage crisis
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPEC_siege
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2024-03-31T13:02:48Z
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