In December 1975, when Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, aka Carlos the Jackal, and an armed group attacked Opec headquarters in Vienna and took dozens of ministers and delegates hostage, one man saved his cool. His title was Abdul Samad al-Awadhi, a member of the Kuwaiti delegation and a former head of the Kuwait Petroleum Company’s (KPC) Europe operations. He died in London final week.
On 21 December, Carlos and 5 males armed with weapons and explosives compelled their means into the Opec constructing and took 60 individuals hostage after killing an Austrian policeman, an Iraqi safety guard and a Libyan delegate. They known as themselves the “Arm of the Arab Revolution” and their declared goal was to liberate Palestine. To that finish they deliberate to kidnap the Opec ministers and maintain them for ransom. Opec on the time was made up of 12 member states however the Libyan minister was absent due to a urgent appointment elsewhere. Two of the ministers, Saudi Arabia’s Ahmed Zaki Yamani, and Iranian Oil Minister Jamshid Amouzegar have been to be assassinated. Ministers and their delegations have been divided into separate teams – pleasant international locations, neutrals and enemies. The record of enemies included the Saudi, Iranian, Qatari and UAE delegations. (CONTINUED – 621 WORDS)
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