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Missed Opportunities? The December 1994 Air France Hijacking

By Evan Kohlmann

Missed Opportunities?  The December 1994 Air France Hijacking

A decade ago, the notion that international terrorists were intent on hijacking commercial aircraft and suicide-crashing them into buildings would have seem a bit far-fetched to many in the Western world. Traditional terrorist organizationsincluding radical Islamic groups like Hezbollahhad often hijacked aircraft and held them hostage in exchange for a list of demands.  Passengers and crewmembers were routinely told to remain passive and cooperative during such hijackings; the logic being, terrorists would stand to gain nothing by simply executing their captives. This philosophy on dealing with hijacked commercial airline flights continued throughout the Clinton administration and up until 9/11even though as early as December 1994, a group of fanatic Algerian militants associated with Usama Bin Laden had brazenly attempted to do the unthinkable: suicide-crashing a jetliner packed with fuel into the city of Paris, possibly directed straight at the landmark Eiffel Tower...

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