European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 13, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 the stabs and stripes sunday october 13, 1385 captured terrorists Many find a Safe Haven associated press t f in wrists who have carried nut Many olhi., Rno to notorious attacks in recent years Ruve vanished or served Only  Short term in  of the terrorists who carried out Sorm of to bloodied attacks have vanished into the  of Beirut or were Given Haven in countries such As i Hiya and Iran. Even Israel which is olten the target of terrorists has released convicted terrorists in Exchange for israelis held prisoner the director general of Israel s foreign ministry.  Kimche. Mid Israel had absolute Complete and a Refutable proof that Yasser Arafat chairman of the Palestine liberation organization knew that fhe Achille l auro was to be boarded by palestinian guerrillas before the hijacking of Tuo italian cruise ship last monday Arafat has denied any involvement j the sept. 5,1972, Munich massacre graphically demonstrated the frustrations of dealing with terrorists. Nine israelis and five terrorists were killed in a scene of lamps and gunshots at an Airport near Munich. Three arabs were captured. On oct ?9. 1972. The three were released after Black september palestinian terrorists seized a Lufthansa Airliner. The three Weie flown to Libya and Given heroes welcomes. However unconfirmed reports in newspapers and books have said that the israeli secret service hunted Down and killed the three and the unidentified masterminds of the attack. West German commandos stormed a hijacked Lufthansa Airliner in Mogadishu Somalia in october 1977 alter the three hijackers killed the Pilot and held 91 passengers hostage for three Days. Two hijackers were killed i the raid and fhe third a 20-year-old woman injured and captured. The woman. Suhaila Al Sayer was later sentenced to 20 Yoars if jail by a somalian court but West German authorities say she has since been released and her whereabouts Are unknown. Sometimes terrorists have been treed in huge numbers Many of those convicted of terrorism by Israel were among to 150 prisoners freed by Israel on Way 20 in Exchange Lor the release of three israeli prisoners of War hold by a palestinian faction in Damascus among the prominent terrorists released than were. Kojo Okamoto the japanese sentenced to life imprisonment for the Lod Airport massacre on May 30, 1972. M which 27 people were killed he is believed to have gone to the Lebanon s Bekaan Valley where several palestinian and is Lite moslem terrorist groups Are based. The two surviving attackers from the March 11. 1977. Hijacking of an israeli civilian bus by 11 terrorists South of Haifa. Thirty six israelis were  and 72 wounded in the shootout when police and troops stopped the bus North of Tel Aviv. The two attackers have disappeared. Often. Middle East terrorists Are never captured at All no arrests were Ever Mads in the shiite terrorist car bombings of the . Embassy and the bases of the  marines and the French peacekeeping forces in 1983 that killed More than 300 people. The Drivers of the vehicles died in the explosions and those who St it them on the missions have not been brought to Justice. The most famous palestinian terrorist who escaped Justice is Leila Khaled. Who was set free As a result of a huge multiple hijacking. She hijacked a Twa plane to Damascus on aug. 29, 19g9, and was captured while trying to Hijack an b Al flight from Amsterdam to new York on sept. 6, 1970. Israeli armed guards killed her companion and captured her turning her Over to British authorities when the plane landed in Britain. She was held for three weeks until she was freed in Exchange Lor More than 300 airline passengers who had been hijacked in american British and Swiss Tif Vil tithe last americans left the italian cruise ship Achille Laura guarded by egyptian military police at port said five Days after it was hijacked by Arab terrorists the . Captured when they were allowed to leave Egypt. Airliners and taken to the Middle East. Khaled has been reported several times since then As having been involved in Plo operations. Five terrorists were arrested after an attempted missile altackonaneiaiplaneinromeonsept.9, 1973 two were released on bail and disappeared the other three were released ant went to Libya in March 1974 in another attack six terrorists stormed the open meeting in Vienna. Austria on dec 21, 1975. Killing three people. They were allowed tree passage to the Middle East with 41 hostages who were later set free. The six were granted political Asylum by Algeria. The two shiite moslem gunmen who hijacked the Twa flight 847 june 14 after it took Oil from Athens fur Rome and killed Rne american Are still at Large. All Atwa a 21 year old lebanese was arrested in Athens before he could Board the Twa flight. He was freed in Exchange for the release of eight greeks who were among the 145 passengers aboard the hijacked plane Alfir the 39 american hostages were freed the iwo original hijackers vanished into the crowded shiite neighbourhoods surrounding the Airport. The United states has demanded the extradition of the hijackers and has offered a Reward for their capture. Lebanese authorities have indicted the men on hijacking and murder charges but the government is virtually powerless in militia controlled West Beirut and there have been no arrests. There Are exceptions. Britain for example insists on giving terrorists Long prison terms like Ordinary criminals. The persian Gulf nation of Kuwait also holds 17 terrorists convicted of attacks on French . And kuwaiti facilities. Despite a wave of bomb attacks by shiite extremists and a hijacking of one of its planes. Kuwait refuses to free the men. Complicity in Vos