Blackmail, suspicious moves and abject surrender arouse anger and protest
Terrorism lives or dies on whether it achieves success. Israeli Scholar Benzion Netanyahu
As the three young men clambered down the exit ramp at Damascus airport, holding their pistols high, their V-for-victory signs said it all. It was no empty bravado. They had just pulled off one of the most successful acts of terrorism in recent memory. They had commandeered a Pakistan International Airlines jet with impunity. They had held more than 100 people hostage for 13 days. In an escalating series...