PIA

Week of Mar. 30, 1981
Pakistani rebels sieze a Pakistan International airliner and demand passage to Damascus. After executing one passenger, they win the release of 54 Pakistani inmates and are welcomed in Damascus. Most disturbing to Western governments: a suggestion of Soviet complicity.

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