Il #Dirottamento dell'#AchilleLauro fu un atto terroristico avvenuto nell'ottobre del 1985, con il sequestro, da parte di un gruppo di #Terroristi #palestinesi del #Fronte per la #Liberazione della #Palestina , dei passeggeri della #nave da #crociera battente bandiera #italiana e l'uccisione di Leon Klinghoffer, cittadino #statunitense paralitico e di #fede #ebraica, e il ferimento di un membro dell'#equipaggio italiano.
Il dirottamento sfociò nella #crisi di #Sigonella, la più grave crisi diplomatica del secondo dopoguerra tra l'Italia e gli #StatiUniti d'America.
#Crime #TrueCrime #Delitti #Misteri #Documentari #Killer #SerialKiller #ColdCase #Cronaca #CronacaNera #Mistero #Delitto #DivinumCrime
Il dirottamento sfociò nella #crisi di #Sigonella, la più grave crisi diplomatica del secondo dopoguerra tra l'Italia e gli #StatiUniti d'America.
#Crime #TrueCrime #Delitti #Misteri #Documentari #Killer #SerialKiller #ColdCase #Cronaca #CronacaNera #Mistero #Delitto #DivinumCrime
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00:03Dear children, give your children a caress and say this is a father's caress.
00:10Right now in Washington, after a long journey,
00:19in this regard, also and I would say above all, of the Italian people.
00:35There is a power, this power is only that of the State, of its institutions,
00:42with doors that are by statute destined to defects,
00:47with patients on land, sea and boat.
00:55I still have a dream.
00:58I have a dream.
01:00Commander, there are terrorists on board.
01:02The drama of the Italian ship Chille Lauro continues, seized...
01:05The first thing I saw was a white sheet stained with blood.
01:09They told me, now we've killed someone.
01:19The first thought was to donate strength.
01:22You can run, you can't hide.
01:24We were face to face with the Delta Corsi people.
01:29The Americans disagreed, but the Italian position was firm, indisputable.
01:35Abdul Abbas apparently refused to get off the plane and asked to leave Italy immediately.
01:41But we don't like the fact that this terrorist was allowed to escape from Italy when we had him in our hands.
01:48And this is precisely what we are talking about today: the hijacking of the Chille Lauro and the resulting Sigonella crisis.
01:54The Italian ship, the Chille Lauro, you will remember, was hijacked by Palestinian terrorists who were then in turn hijacked to the base
02:03of Sigonella in Sicily from American fighter planes that wanted to arrest them.
02:09And the Sigonella crisis was one that brought Italy and the United States to the brink of collapse.
02:15diplomatic breakdown and even on the brink of a firefight, of an armed clash.
02:21With extremely violent phone calls between the White House of their President Ronald Reagan and the Italian Prime Minister Bettino Craxi.
02:32The Sigonella affair is therefore a real international intrigue, a political and diplomatic mystery that we want to tell you about today.
02:41minute by minute with unpublished testimonies and with clarifications on all the details.
02:49It all began at 1pm on Monday, October 7, 1985.
03:24At 13:00 on Monday 7 October 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was sailing in territorial waters
03:32Egyptians.
03:3424,000 tons, 200 meters long, the ship flies the Italian flag.
03:39On board there are 320 crew members and 107 passengers.
03:44Another 670 passengers disembarked for a guided tour of Cairo and are expected in Port Said this evening.
03:54After Egypt, the next destination is Ashdod in Israel, but the Achille Lauro will never arrive in Israel.
04:02Therefore, the Achille Lauro will never arrive in Israel, that journey for the more than 400 people on board.
04:09it will turn into a nightmare.
04:11And this is the Achille Lauro, the ship you see that will find itself at the centre of a diplomatic crisis without
04:18previous ones.
04:20But in the meantime, what was the political situation in Italy in that October of 1985?
04:31In October 1985, Bettino Craxi had been at Palazzo Chigi for two years.
04:35Francesco Cossiga was elected to the Quirinale a few months ago.
04:38Foreign Minister Giulio Andreotti has always been in favor of dialogue with Arab countries.
04:46In defense is the Republican Giovanni Spadolini, who is instead decidedly pro-Atlantic and close to Ronald Reagan's United States.
04:53As for the White House, its most faithful ally is, as always, Israel, with which it shares its hostility towards the PLO.
05:00and the firm line against terrorism.
05:06In short, a complex scenario not only on an international level, but also on a national level, that is, in Italy, within the
05:14same government majority.
05:16But let's get back to the Achille Lauro.
05:18It is October 7, 1985.
05:21On board it seems like a quiet day, a holiday, like so many others.
05:26Instead, it is not like that.
05:35Suddenly, I hear a knock first and then the door opens immediately.
05:39It was the second in command who told me, commander, there are terrorists at the port.
05:44At approximately 1.07pm, four terrorists broke into the dining room of the Achille Lauro, where most of the guests were seated.
05:51of the passengers, and start shooting in the air.
05:54Amid the screams and confusion, a stray bullet hits a crew member in the leg.
05:59Within a few minutes, the Achille Lauro is completely in the hands of the terrorists, who are few, but armed to the teeth.
06:06to the teeth.
06:08As soon as I opened the door to the chart room, I found this mammoth, one of these guys, this rifle, that
06:18he pointed it at the throat and said, we are, well, he declared what they were and what they wanted.
06:23The first thing I saw was a white sheet stained with blood, under which there was a
06:29of our sailors wounded in the legs.
06:32After that I saw a mix of fully clothed passengers, some still wearing their swimsuits because they had been dragged from the pool.
06:39So there was a first awareness of what was happening.
06:45So, the crewmen immediately realize what is happening.
06:49A small group of terrorists took over the ship and kidnapped all the people on board.
06:57So, why did the terrorists seize the Achille Lauro?
07:02How did they get on board?
07:04And most importantly, who are the terrorists who hijacked the ship?
07:10Four terrorists, one of whom later turned out to be a minor.
07:13Only four people, but enough to hold the entire world in check.
07:18They boarded in Genoa with false passports, merging with the more than 700 passengers on the Achille Lauro.
07:24They define themselves as fighters and members of the PLO, the Palestine Liberation Organization.
07:32The Palestine Liberation Organization was founded in 1964 and brings together a galaxy of organizations in a single structure
07:40Palestinians very different from each other,
07:42but with a single common goal.
07:43The destruction of the State of Israel.
07:47The main component of the PLO is Al-Fatah, the organization founded by Yasser Arafat,
07:53who became the undisputed leader of the PLO in 1969.
07:59Under his leadership, the PLO embarked on a dual path.
08:02On the one hand the armed struggle against Israel, on the other the diplomatic pressure on the United Nations and Arab governments,
08:09but also on Western ones to support the Palestinian cause.
08:12Towards the end of the 1970s, the official policy of the PLO shifted towards less intransigent positions,
08:19but in 1985 the United States and Israel still considered the PLO a terrorist organization.
08:26The Palestinian command's primary objective was to carry out an attack in the Israeli port of Ashdod.
08:34The operation went awry to some extent, because some members of the command had been surprised by the Italian crew.
08:44who were putting my weapons away and then, feeling discovered, they stormed the ship and then hijacked it.
08:55The Achille Lauro, in short, was hijacked almost by mistake, almost by chance,
09:00but at this point on the ship one naturally experiences moments of terror, of profound terror.
09:05The nightmare has just begun. It's around 3:00 PM since the hijacking, two hours have passed.
09:12The ship's radio operator, however, manages to send the SOS.
09:17My day, my day, Achille Lauro, my day, my day.
09:22The Achille Lauro was at that time just a few miles from the Egyptian coast,
09:27but the message is picked up very far away, it is picked up in Gothenburg, Sweden.
09:33My day, my day, Achille Lauro, my day, my day.
09:40A Swedish coastal radio station picks up a dramatic message.
09:44The voice is that of the ship's radio operator.
09:46Here the Achille Lauro, we were hijacked by an unspecified number of Palestinians.
09:51They are demanding the release of 50 of their comrades detained in Israel.
09:585:00 PM. Foreign Minister Giulio Andreotti was the first to receive the news at the Farnesina.
10:04Immediately afterwards, the Minister of Defence, Giovanni Spadolini, was also alerted.
10:08who is in Milan and who immediately orders a state of maximum alert for all armed forces.
10:14Meanwhile, the government is seeking confirmation of the news.
10:17Three hours later, confirmation came from the Egyptian authorities in Port Said.
10:22The Italian vessel Achille Lauro is under Palestinian control.
10:33Good evening, we open our newspaper with a dramatic piece of news from a few minutes ago.
10:37The seizure of an Italian vessel with over 450 people on board off the coast of Egypt.
10:43On board there are 200 Italian sailors, 50 foreign sailors and 62 passengers of various nationalities.
10:51They are demanding the release of a group of their comrades detained in Israel, threatening reprisals.
10:57On board the Achille Lauro.
10:59The news is now official.
11:01The Achille Lauro has been hijacked.
11:04And right from the start, the Italian government naturally moved on two fronts.
11:08On one hand Spadolini, who is the most pro-American of the government representatives,
11:13which immediately brings together the military leaders.
11:16On the other hand, Andreotti, on positions traditionally closer to the Arab world,
11:21activates all its diplomatic channels.
11:26Monday, October 7, 8:00 PM and 10:00 AM.
11:29On the fifth floor of the Farnesina, Foreign Minister Andreotti establishes the crisis unit.
11:34It is responsible for collecting all available information,
11:38open the first diplomatic channels and maintain contact with the hostages' families.
11:43Meanwhile at the Ministry of Defense, Spadolini, who returned urgently from Milan,
11:47summons all the leaders of the armed forces and secret services.
11:50In agreement with the President of the Republic, Cossiga,
11:53which is located in the Castelporziano estate,
11:56He instructs the military to develop a plan to free the ship by force.
12:00But the operation immediately appears difficult and risky.
12:10We had available, I am in Castelporziano,
12:15a powerful postal service radio receiver,
12:19which gave me the opportunity to listen to the ship's commander's radio communications.
12:29While Spadolini studies the nautical charts and the ship's plans together with the military high command,
12:35Andreotti gets in touch with Butrus Ghali from home,
12:38Egyptian Minister of State,
12:39which assures him of Cairo's full cooperation.
12:43Andreotti then calls Arafat,
12:45which distances itself from terrorists.
12:47In a statement, the PLO clarifies its official position.
12:52We have nothing to do with it, we want to help Italy in this crisis.
12:579.30pm.
12:58Prime Minister Bettino Craxi arrives at Palazzo Chigi.
13:03He also immediately activates all diplomatic channels,
13:06ensuring Tunisia's political cover,
13:09thanks to his personal friendship with Prime Minister Mzali.
13:12And while the Italian government is studying the diplomatic path,
13:15The United States has already decided not to negotiate with terrorists.
13:20It's around midnight in Rome.
13:22The first night after the hijacking.
13:26At that moment Spadolini called an operational summit
13:30to the Ministry of Defense.
13:33Tuesday, October 8, 12:00 AM.
13:35From the operational summit convened by Defense Minister Spadolini
13:39the first orders are being sent out.
13:41The raiders of the Teseo-Tesei group of the Navy
13:44they are transferred by helicopter to the flagship Vittorio Veneto.
13:48Four transport helicopters take off from Livorno
13:51with 60 paratroopers from the 9th Colmoschina Battalion on board.
13:56Air Force reconnaissance aircraft take off from Sicily
13:59to locate the exact position of the Achille Lauro.
14:03Code name for the operation, Margherita.
14:091 o'clock
14:10Craxi, Andreotti, and Spadolini meet at Palazzo Chigi.
14:14The Minister of Defense illustrates the deployment of forces
14:17and sets out the military intervention plan.
14:19Andreotti, for his part, calls for moderation.
14:243am
14:25Yasser Arafat telephones Bettino Craxi.
14:28He reiterates that the PLO has no involvement in the hijacking.
14:30and informs him that two of his emissaries are on their way to Cairo
14:34to support the Egyptian government in the negotiations.
14:41One of the two is Abul Abbas,
14:43leader of the front for the liberation of Palestine,
14:46a faction of the PLO which the terrorists would be part of,
14:49even if in a dissident group.
14:52It's one of the things that
14:55Then
14:57many do not know
14:58who suggested
15:00to turn to Arafat
15:03it was the Americans.
15:05They said, but listen to Arafat for a moment,
15:07what was done
15:08and Arafat
15:10he gave us his availability
15:13and this his emissary
15:15it seemed
15:16a researcher
15:18of solutions.
15:20So, you heard it,
15:22he says it clearly
15:23Andreotti,
15:24it was the Americans themselves
15:25to suggest to the Italian government
15:27to activate
15:28the diplomatic channel
15:30of Arafat's PLO
15:31and Arafat in fact
15:32seems to want to help Rome
15:34in this negotiation,
15:36so much so that we have already said it,
15:38he proposed as a mediator
15:40a man of his.
15:41Her man is Abul Abbas
15:43which will reveal itself
15:44a key man
15:45protagonist of this story.
15:47But
15:48Who is Abu Abbas?
15:50Abu Abbas
15:51it's the heart of a child,
15:54truly one,
16:00a very simple person.
16:04Mohammed Abul Abbas
16:06Palestinian,
16:07grew up in Syria
16:08in a refugee family.
16:09In 1985
16:10he is the leader of the front
16:12for the liberation of Palestine,
16:13founded by him in 1977.
16:16He is considered a tough guy,
16:17a man of action
16:18more than a politician,
16:19at the head of a group
16:20who claimed
16:21numerous attacks
16:22both in Israel
16:23than in Europe.
16:24In 1982
16:25the liberation front
16:27of Palestine
16:28it splits in two.
16:28A part remains
16:30in Arafat's PLO
16:31and follows his line
16:32more moderate.
16:33Another one,
16:33pro-Syrian
16:34and more uncompromising,
16:35he distances himself from it.
16:37Of this very group,
16:38according to the PLO,
16:39would be part of
16:40the hijackers
16:41of the Achille Lauro
16:42that they would not be
16:43therefore traceable
16:44directly
16:44to Abul Abbas.
16:45About Abu Abbas
16:47in short they weigh down
16:48from now on
16:48many shadows
16:49and immediately
16:50exactly this
16:51mediator
16:52proposed by Arafat
16:53about him
16:54it focuses
16:55attention
16:55of the Mossad
16:57the secret service
16:58Israeli
16:58and others
16:59secret services
17:00Americans.
17:02But let's go back
17:02on the Achille Lauro.
17:04The Achille Lauro
17:04is identified
17:06from the scouts
17:07Italians
17:08it seems direct
17:09towards the coasts
17:10Syrian
17:11and in fact
17:12shortly after
17:13the hijackers
17:14they make contact
17:16right with the authorities
17:17of the port
17:18of Tartus
17:19in Syria.
17:22Tuesday, October 8th
17:23around 11am
17:25from the edge
17:26of the Achille Lauro
17:27the terrorists
17:27they contact
17:28the Syrian authorities
17:29they reiterate
17:30that they want
17:30the liberation
17:31of the 50 Palestinians
17:32prisoners in Israel
17:33and they ask
17:34to negotiate
17:35with the Rosè Cross
17:36international
17:36and with the ambassadors
17:38of Italy
17:38United States
17:39Great Britain
17:40and Germany
17:40federal
17:41if they won't be
17:42welcomed
17:43their requests
17:44they will blow up
17:45the ship
17:47they had asked
17:48to be able to
17:49to dock
17:50in Syria
17:51I called
17:51personally
17:53to the president
17:54Assad
17:55who was visiting
17:56in Czechoslovakia
17:57and I exposed them
17:58the situation
17:59he said
17:59Look
18:00we will prefer
18:01stay out
18:02from events
18:03of this type
18:03but if it is useful
18:04we give
18:06this permission
18:081.30pm
18:09the American ambassador
18:11Maxwell Raab
18:12he goes there personally
18:13at Palazzo Chigi
18:14where it meets
18:15with the councilor
18:16diplomatic
18:16by Craxi
18:17Antonio Badini
18:18Rahab brings
18:19a message
18:20by Ronald Reagan
18:21the position
18:22of Washington
18:22it's clear
18:23America
18:24does not deal
18:25with the terrorists
18:262pm
18:28from Damascus
18:29confirmation arrives
18:30the hijackers
18:31they asked
18:31to be able to dock
18:32in the port
18:33of Tartus
18:33Syria
18:34he says he is available
18:35to welcome
18:36the Achille Lauro
18:37but only if Italy
18:38and the United States
18:38they will accept
18:39to open
18:40a negotiation
18:40with the terrorists
18:41Damascus wants
18:42an answer
18:43within an hour
18:433pm
18:44in Italy
18:45Achille Lauro
18:45In short
18:46waits
18:47the permission
18:48to dock
18:49in Tartus
18:50but Damascus
18:52to welcome
18:52the ship
18:53he wants first
18:54from Rome
18:55and from Washington
18:56the availability
18:58to start
18:58the negotiation
18:59with the hijackers
19:00but
19:01the ambassador
19:02American
19:03in Italy
19:03Maxwell Raab
19:04reiterates
19:05America
19:05does not deal
19:06with the terrorists
19:07on the other hand
19:08the Palestinians
19:09to be released
19:10they are not detained
19:11in Italy
19:12but in Israel
19:13and also Israel
19:14Obviously
19:14refuse
19:15every exchange
19:16at this point
19:18At that time
19:18Craxi
19:19he has no other choice
19:20the Italian government
19:21asks Damascus
19:22not to authorize
19:24the docking
19:24of the Italian ship
19:26but
19:26After
19:27the refusal
19:28of the docking
19:29by
19:31of the authorities
19:31Syrian
19:32on the Achille Lauro
19:33it breaks out
19:34the fury
19:34of terrorists
19:37immediately
19:38they began
19:39to search
19:39to obtain
19:40passports
19:41of the passengers
19:41or the various
19:42nationality
19:43to distinguish them
19:44Therefore
19:45after much effort
19:46they were distinguished
19:47some Americans
19:49including
19:50Also
19:51Green Gopher
19:51that was
19:52in a wheelchair
19:53And
19:54then there were
19:56the dancers
19:56our
19:57who were English
19:58and again
19:59some
20:01some
20:01taken
20:02there was also
20:04Leon Klinghofer
20:0569 years old
20:06American
20:07Jew
20:08it's on the
20:09Achille Lauro
20:10to celebrate
20:10with his wife
20:11their anniversary
20:12of marriage
20:13it's him
20:14a disabled person
20:15in a wheelchair
20:16the chosen victim
20:17from terrorists
20:18Palestinians
20:19Klinghofer
20:20is brought
20:21on the bridge
20:21and killed
20:22with one blow
20:23of gun
20:23to the chest
20:24and one on the forehead
20:26Then
20:26two-member
20:27of the crew
20:28it is ordered
20:29to throw into the sea
20:30his corpse
20:30death
20:32I learned it
20:32while I was
20:33on the bridge
20:34that Mahmood
20:35always this
20:35the usual Mahmood
20:37he was chatting with me
20:38we were chatting
20:39And
20:40I had heard
20:41some shots
20:42after a few minutes
20:43Molchi has arrived
20:44with the passport
20:46of this
20:46passengers
20:47he told me
20:47if they don't answer us
20:49and they make themselves heard
20:50us
20:52every three minutes
20:53let's kill a walk
20:54a dead man
20:55every three minutes
20:56and this is the message
20:57launched by terrorists
20:58from the edge
20:59of the ship
21:00in Damascus
21:01but then
21:01a twist
21:03suddenly
21:04the terrorists
21:05they change
21:06their strategy
21:07the hijackers
21:08Indeed
21:09they order
21:09to the commander
21:10De Rosa
21:11to set course
21:12again
21:12towards Egypt
21:13and they don't kill anymore
21:14no
21:15passenger
21:16but then
21:17what happened
21:18Truly
21:19on board
21:20according to the Mossad
21:21the secret service
21:22Israeli
21:23at this point
21:24would have entered the scene
21:25this man
21:26Abu Labbas
21:27the man
21:28Of
21:29the mediator
21:30of the PLO
21:31by Arafat
21:32it would have been him
21:33Abu Labbas
21:34from Cairo
21:35to contact
21:36via radio
21:37the hijackers
21:38and always
21:39second
21:39the Mossad
21:40put in order
21:41to set course
21:41towards Egypt
21:43and not to touch
21:44no more
21:45prisoner
21:46and in fact
21:47the ship
21:48he's heading
21:49towards Port Said
21:50it's the afternoon
21:53on Tuesday
21:54October 8th
21:55once again
21:56he is a radio amateur
21:57to break the news
21:58of what is happening
21:59happening
22:00on board
22:01of the Achille Lauro
22:08Tuesday, October 8th
22:09afternoon
22:10a radio amateur
22:11Lebanese
22:11declares to have captured
22:13a communication
22:14between the Achille Lauro
22:15and the Syrian authorities
22:16where the terrorists
22:17they announce that they have killed
22:18Killinghoffer
22:19in Italy
22:20the news
22:20finds no confirmation
22:33Wednesday, October 9
22:342 a.m.
22:35the American ambassador
22:37Rahab
22:37returns to Palazzo Chigi
22:38in a private conversation
22:40with Craxi
22:40the diplomat
22:42reveals that some
22:42wiretaps
22:43confirm
22:44the murder of the passenger
22:45Washington says
22:47it's ready
22:48to attack the ship
22:49Craxi
22:50takes time
22:51it was thought first
22:52to an action of force
22:54and they wanted to do it
22:56about Americans
22:57they were willing to do them
22:58about Americans
22:59with their SILs
23:01and there was a point
23:03let's say
23:03of pride
23:06the Italians
23:07they said
23:07if the operation
23:08must be done
23:10they must participate in it
23:11Italians too
23:12with Subin
23:13because it is about
23:14always of a ship
23:16Italian
23:16it was discarded
23:19the hypothesis
23:21Why
23:21it was said
23:23the organs said
23:24technicians
23:25that there would be
23:27anyway, shedding
23:28of blood
23:29Also
23:30most likely
23:31among civilians
23:32that they were
23:33on the ship
23:33the Italian government
23:35In short
23:35he has no doubts
23:36the crisis must be resolved
23:37avoiding shedding
23:38of blood
23:39so
23:40there's nothing left to do but
23:41the initiative
23:42diplomatic
23:43Vincenzo Migliuolo
23:44Italian ambassador
23:45in Egypt
23:46receives the precise
23:48mandate to open
23:49a negotiation
23:50with the terrorists
23:51with him
23:52the two representatives as well
23:54of the PLO
23:55Anil Hassan
23:56and Abul Abbas
23:57it will be them
23:58to deal
23:59with the hijackers
24:01it's nine o'clock
24:02in the morning
24:03on Wednesday
24:03October 9th
24:04the Achille Lauro
24:05it's off to sea
24:06of Port Said
24:08in Egypt
24:13Wednesday
24:14October 9th
24:14Port Said
24:15Egypt
24:169 o'clock
24:16the Achille Lauro
24:18drop anchor
24:1815 miles away
24:19off the port
24:20the Israeli Mossad
24:21intercept
24:22a conversation
24:23between a certain point
24:23Abu Haled
24:24later identified
24:25like Abul Abbas
24:26and the terrorists
24:27on board
24:31the man
24:32that the hijackers
24:33they call
24:33commander
24:34demands surrender
24:35and promises
24:35a safe conduct
24:37a ship
24:38he says
24:39he will go and get them
24:40but first
24:40they must lay down
24:41the weapons
24:42and apologize
24:42with the commander
24:43and with the passengers
24:49Rome
24:5011 am
24:50the PLO
24:51submits
24:52to the Italian government
24:53the request
24:53of safe conduct
24:54for the hijackers
24:55the Americans
24:56they say it right away
24:57absolutely against it
24:59Italy instead accepts
25:00but it poses a condition
25:02that on board
25:03have not been completed
25:04acts of violence
25:05prosecutable
25:06according to the code
25:06Italian criminal law
25:09for this reason
25:10the government asks
25:11a contact
25:11with Gerardo De Rosa
25:12the commander
25:13of the Achille Lauro
25:14De Rosa confirms
25:15the passengers
25:16they're all fine
25:17I was under
25:19the threat
25:20but not a threat
25:21Like this
25:21a threat
25:23of people
25:23that I already knew
25:24I knew it
25:25that I knew it by now
25:26at that moment
25:27who had already killed
25:28they had already killed
25:30I thought
25:31which was better
25:32how do you say
25:34golden bridges
25:34to the enemy
25:35who runs away
25:36that is, it was necessary
25:36it was necessary to make it easier
25:38their departure
25:41from the ship
25:42for the commander
25:43of the Achille Lauro
25:44In short
25:44the absolute priority
25:46is to free oneself
25:47from the hijackers
25:48under threat
25:50of weapons
25:51De Rosa
25:51mind
25:52about what happened
25:53to Leon Klinghofer
25:55at this point
25:56with reassurances
25:58provided by De Rosa
25:59the Italian government
26:00authorizes
26:01Ambassador Migliuolo
26:03to sign
26:04the safe conduct
26:05for terrorists
26:06but really
26:08the government of Rome
26:10he didn't know anything
26:11of Klinghofer's death
26:13there they all lied
26:14Ambassador Migliuolo
26:16he confessed
26:17On the contrary
26:18with a pure air
26:21pleased
26:22and he said
26:22we made the mistake
26:24it's clear
26:24the hitch
26:25that is, the scam
26:26we did the cheating
26:27for Americans
26:28Absolutely not
26:30Craxi didn't know
26:31that Klinghofer
26:32had already been killed
26:34he couldn't have known
26:36because there weren't any
26:37that news
26:38from us
26:39they did not appear
26:39that news
26:43Port Said
26:443.30 pm
26:46an Egyptian tugboat
26:47reaches the Achille Lauro
26:49and pick up the hijackers
26:50the ship
26:51she is free
26:55Craxi
26:55which was at that time
26:56at lunch
26:57in a restaurant
26:58under
26:59at the Raphael Hotel
27:00where he was staying
27:01in Rome
27:02how to say
27:03I had
27:05tidy
27:05a lunch
27:06quite light
27:07but then it passes
27:08to eat
27:09the cannelloni
27:10precisely because
27:10he felt refreshed
27:12After
27:12many days
27:14of tension
27:15he felt refreshed
27:17and he said
27:17we eat
27:18these cannelloni
27:19of this restaurant
27:20which he didn't do
27:21almonst never
27:22especially at lunch
27:23And
27:24that lunch
27:26he went to him
27:26a little crooked
27:27why immediately
27:27after a few hours
27:28it became known
27:30who had been killed
27:31precisely
27:32the American Jew
27:33Clint Goffer
27:33thing that if
27:35if we had known
27:36that there was
27:37a murder
27:38not for the fact
27:39that he was a Jew
27:40whoever it was
27:41Italian
27:42not Italian
27:43us
27:44we wouldn't have done it
27:45because it was
27:46Truly
27:46At that time
27:47an abetment
27:48towards
27:49of criminals
27:51we will hear
27:52Now
27:53live
27:54the commander
27:55of the Achille Lauro
27:56they told me
27:58Now
27:59we killed one
28:00but this
28:02Excuse me, Commander
28:03when they told him
28:04they told him
28:05they told him
28:06I think
28:07immediately after
28:08who killed him
28:12at 4 in the morning
28:14correspondents
28:14at 3 in the morning
28:15Italian time
28:16after a very long
28:17exhausting wait
28:18the Achille Lauro
28:19is entering at this moment
28:20in the port
28:21it's the conclusion
28:22of a story
28:23that for almost 3 days
28:24he held his breath
28:25suspended
28:26millions of people
28:27mobilizing diplomacy
28:28and the governments of Halfworld
28:29from the wall
28:30I don't know what it's called
28:31the place where
28:33Klinghoffer
28:33it had been
28:35placed upside down
28:38killed
28:38with a burst of machine gun fire
28:40and then his body
28:41he had been left to drain
28:42all his blood
28:44and there was this
28:45huge drool of blood
28:47that was coming down
28:48along the entire side
28:49of the ship
28:50up to the line
28:51floating
28:55Cairo
28:5612 o'clock
28:57the Egyptian president
28:59Mubarak
28:59call a press conference
29:03the Egyptian president
29:04Mubarak
29:05he stated
29:06that the 4 terrorists
29:07Palestinians
29:08who have seized
29:09the Achille Lauro
29:10they left Egypt
29:11probably directed
29:12in Tunis
29:12but this news
29:14he didn't have
29:15confirmation in Tunisia
29:16Mubarak
29:17he also added
29:18who knew nothing
29:19of the killing
29:20of the American passenger
29:21on board the ship
29:22when he had accepted
29:23yesterday to take
29:24on delivery
29:25the 4 Palestinian terrorists
29:27but in reality
29:28the Egyptian president
29:29Mubarak
29:29mind
29:30the American secret services
29:31in fact they control
29:33his phone
29:34and they know
29:34that the terrorists
29:36they haven't left yet
29:37but I am
29:37in a base
29:38Egyptian
29:3930 km from Cairo
29:40and the Americans
29:41they also know
29:42that shortly thereafter
29:43that the terrorists
29:44they will embark
29:45on a Boeing
29:46of Egypt Air
29:47direct
29:47in Tunis
29:49for the White House
29:50there is no more time
29:52to lose
29:52Ronald Reagan
29:53what do you see
29:53by order
29:54to intercept
29:55the plane
29:56and lead it
29:57in a base
29:58American
29:59it's around 9pm
30:01of October 10th
30:04Almasa
30:05Egypt
30:059.15pm
30:06the Boeing 737
30:08of Egypt Air
30:09take off
30:10from the base
30:10Egyptian air force
30:12on the plane
30:13the 4 hijackers
30:14the 2 emissaries
30:15of the PLO
30:15Aniel Hassan
30:17and Abul Abbas
30:18and 8 other Egyptians
30:19the destination
30:21it's Tunis
30:21PLO headquarters
30:22but the government
30:23Tunisian
30:24at American request
30:25denies permission
30:26upon landing
30:27the Boeing
30:27then he sets sail
30:28about Athens
30:29but also Greece
30:30denies permission
30:31from Washington
30:32in those hours
30:33Ronald Reagan
30:33send a message
30:34precise to terrorists
30:42you can escape
30:43but you can't
30:45HIDE
30:45says Reagan
30:46and in fact
30:47the terrorists
30:47they can't
30:48hide
30:49at 10.30pm
30:51about
30:51on the skies
30:52of the Mediterranean
30:53two fighters
30:54of the US Air Force
30:55they intercept
30:56the Boeing
30:56with on board
30:57the terrorists
30:58and the mediators
30:59of the PLO
30:59and force
31:00the plane to descend
31:01in the base
31:02of Sigonella
31:03in Sicily
31:04meanwhile
31:05at the White House
31:06they try to trace
31:08the Prime Minister
31:09Bettino Craxi
31:09but Bettino Craxi
31:10he is untraceable
31:11at this point
31:13then he enters the scene
31:14this man
31:15the man you see
31:16Michael Ledin
31:17in 1985
31:18Ledin
31:19he is a consultant
31:20of the White House
31:22a hawk
31:23which was also
31:23collaborator
31:24of the SISMI
31:25and that today
31:26he is one of the exponents
31:27top of the line
31:28of the neoconservatives
31:29Americans
31:30it's him
31:30Michael Ledin
31:31who calls
31:32personally
31:33to Bettino Craxi
31:35as he qualified
31:37like Michael Ledin
31:38Craxi
31:39he didn't have
31:40a lot of sympathy
31:41for Michael Ledin
31:43he had it said
31:47or he said
31:48me with Ledin
31:49I don't see
31:50for what reason
31:51I should talk
31:53since there are
31:54other people
31:55qualified
31:56like an ambassador
31:57Rab
31:57and other people
31:59Still
31:59he didn't want to
32:01to attribute
32:02in Ledin
32:04a role
32:05of spokesperson
32:08of the president
32:09Reagan
32:10I spoke
32:12with
32:12the assistant
32:14by Craxi
32:14which in short
32:16I forget
32:17always the name
32:18Brandini
32:19Cornelius Brandini
32:20and he
32:22all
32:23all that evening
32:24he said
32:25to all Americans
32:26why the embassy
32:27he was looking for it
32:28desperately
32:30and Brandini
32:31he always said
32:32that Craxi
32:33there wasn't
32:35then I
32:36talking to Brandini
32:37I said
32:37you hear
32:37It's me
32:39In short
32:39six
32:40you're telling me
32:41that Craxi
32:42there is no
32:42while instead
32:44he is
32:45in the room
32:46next to you
32:46you will find yourself
32:47your photography
32:49on the front page
32:49of all the newspapers
32:50of the world
32:51at that moment
32:52he didn't pass it
32:55via Ledin
32:56the White House
32:57asks Craxi
32:58the permission
32:58to land
32:59the plane
33:00in Sigonella
33:02Craxi
33:03grants permission
33:04but immediately after
33:05contact the military authorities
33:06the Egyptian plane
33:08must be protected
33:09at all costs
33:10and the passengers
33:11must be in custody
33:13of the Italian authorities
33:14Craxi therefore
33:15and it's very clear
33:16the terrorists
33:17of the Achille Lauro
33:18the OLPE mediators
33:19all other passengers
33:20of the Egyptian plane
33:22must remain
33:23under control
33:24and the protection
33:25of the Italian authorities
33:26in Sigonella
33:27they land
33:28the Boeing
33:29of the Egetter
33:29the two American fighters
33:31two C-141s
33:34with on board
33:35the men
33:36of the special forces
33:38of the American Delta Force
33:39and recently passed
33:41midnight
33:42on Friday
33:43October 11th
33:44as soon as the airplane
33:46landed
33:47we put
33:49of the means
33:49in front of
33:50and behind
33:51the airplane
33:52and we took it
33:53and brought
33:54in the area
33:55where he operated
33:56aeronautics
33:57this is what we say
33:59which has a little
34:00disconcerted
34:01I think
34:02those who were
34:03the plans were
34:04of the Americans
34:05because they thought
34:06to land
34:08the airplane
34:11bring it
34:12on their side
34:12and there
34:13us
34:14we would no longer have
34:15could
34:16to put your nose in
34:17Why
34:18if they would have
34:19took them
34:26on the Sigonella track
34:28the military
34:28of the VAM
34:29the surveillance
34:29of the Air Force
34:30they arrange themselves
34:31in circulation
34:31around the plane
34:32Egyptian
34:33but as soon as
34:34landed
34:34from their planes
34:35the military
34:36Americans
34:37surround
34:37in turn
34:38the cord
34:39of safety
34:39Italian
34:40a few minutes pass
34:42and it also arrives
34:43a column
34:43of motor vehicles
34:44of the carabinieri
34:45which
34:45weapons in hand
34:46surround
34:47the Americans
34:47we were
34:48face to face
34:50with
34:51our boys
34:53VAM
34:53the carabinieri
34:54And
34:54those
34:55of the Delta Force
34:58And
34:58the tension
35:00there was
35:00would be
35:01enough
35:03that the Americans
35:04had
35:04attempted
35:05to withdraw
35:07by force
35:11the terrorists
35:12that they were
35:13on the plane
35:15or what
35:18and that they had
35:19overwhelmed
35:20our VAMs
35:22first of all
35:23the VAMs
35:23they would have responded
35:24and then
35:25Certainly
35:26they would be
35:26intervened
35:27the carabinieri
35:28and it would have been
35:29they would have
35:30shot
35:31so
35:32if the Americans
35:33had attempted
35:34to force
35:35the block
35:35of the soldiers
35:36Italians
35:37the Italian soldiers
35:38the carabinieri
35:39they would have
35:39shot
35:41between Italy
35:41and the United States
35:42it looms
35:43at this point
35:43a crisis
35:45unprecedented
35:46what
35:47during
35:47the hijacking
35:49of the ship
35:49it had been
35:50above all
35:51a clash
35:52political
35:53in Sigonella
35:54he risks
35:55to become
35:56to transform
35:57in a real
35:58and precisely
35:58clash
35:59armed
36:00the general
36:01Steiner
36:01boss
36:02of the Delta Force
36:03insists
36:04must take
36:04absolutely
36:05on delivery
36:06the passengers
36:07of Boeing
36:08those are
36:09his orders
36:09but the Italians
36:10they answer
36:11and they answer
36:12hard-nosed
36:13if the Americans
36:14they are getting closer
36:15to the plane
36:16they will fire
36:18at this point
36:19on site
36:20he goes
36:21Also
36:22he arrives
36:22the substitute
36:23attorney
36:23of Syracuse
36:24Roberto
36:25Pennisi
36:26when I got closer
36:28to the plane
36:28I saw
36:30that the bushes
36:31they were moving
36:33and I was wondering
36:35what ever
36:35the bushes
36:36they move
36:37Despite
36:38there is no
36:39another
36:39of wind
36:41then I realized
36:43that the bushes
36:44they were not
36:45bushes
36:45but they were
36:47the military
36:48of strength
36:49Delta
36:49of the army
36:54American
36:54that they were
36:57landed
36:58from the planes
36:59that they had
37:01hijacked
37:02the plane
37:05of line
37:06Egyptian
37:07and they were
37:08immediately
37:11places
37:12in one position
37:14combat
37:15so
37:16we said
37:17to Steiner
37:18give it a try
37:20he goes to the plane
37:22And
37:23give it to the police
37:24that your orders
37:25I am from
37:25catch the terrorists
37:27and take them to Washington
37:28and let's see what
37:29they say
37:30the carabinieri
37:32they responded
37:32our orders
37:33I am from
37:34keep the terrorists
37:35here
37:36we'll take care of it
37:37us
37:37and we can't
37:38absolutely
37:39give them by hand
37:39yours
37:41us
37:42we were listening
37:43this conversation
37:48Washington
37:49Friday, October 11
37:50one in the morning Italian time
37:52military action failed
37:53Reagan is out of his mind
37:54for the attitude
37:55of the Italian government
37:58to his collaborators
37:59order to call
38:00your Italian contacts
38:01in turn
38:02they are called
38:03Andreotti
38:04Spadolini
38:04the Minister of the Interior
38:06Scalfaro
38:06the director of the SISMI
38:07Fulvio Martini
38:09Andreotti was called
38:10from Schuss
38:11State SEO
38:12Spadolini was
38:13called
38:14from
38:15Weinberger
38:16while the services
38:17and the general staffs
38:18they had their contacts
38:19so it was
38:20a barrage
38:22For
38:23hit
38:24let's say
38:24by surprise
38:25us
38:27And
38:28obtain
38:29what they wanted
38:30that was a thing
38:31extremely
38:33anomalous
38:34against the law
38:35international
38:35so a procedure
38:37anomalous
38:38and against the law
38:39international
38:40so the Italian government
38:41consider the requests
38:43Americans
38:44at this point
38:45the Americans
38:46they play
38:47all for all
38:51Reagan
38:51call Craxi
38:53and asks him to
38:54deliver
38:55both the hijackers
38:56that the negotiators
38:57It's three in the morning
38:59on Friday
38:59October 11th
39:01to act as an interpreter
39:02between Craxi
39:03and Reagan
39:04and again
39:05Michael
39:05and Dean
39:06Reagan said
39:07us now
39:08we will send
39:09this mandate
39:10of capture
39:11and therefore
39:12I beg you
39:13to have it put in
39:14everyone
39:15in jail
39:17and Craxi
39:18he said
39:18but we have to put
39:19all four
39:20in jail
39:21we can't
39:21put two in jail
39:22and two below
39:24surveillance
39:25and Reagan
39:27he said
39:28but why not
39:29Why
39:30Reagan
39:31on the contrary
39:32in his image
39:33it was in short
39:34too good
39:35in these things
39:37and I translated it
39:38saying
39:39ninth
39:39absolutely
39:40all four
39:41in jail
39:41and Craxi
39:43he said
39:43All right
39:44let's put everyone in jail
39:45Craxi
39:46Craxi was already
39:48prevented
39:48towards
39:49by Le Dean
39:50he didn't know
39:51that Le Dean
39:52he was the interpreter
39:55manipulator
39:57but he was prejudiced
39:58very prejudiced
40:00when I
40:01I met
40:02for the first time
40:02The Dean
40:03in the hotel
40:04many years before
40:06Craxi
40:07he told me
40:08precisely
40:08some things
40:09how miserable
40:10in full light
40:12what he did
40:12The Dean
40:13if a person
40:14like Le Dean
40:15becomes
40:16the interlocutor
40:17or
40:17he
40:19Which
40:19translate
40:20and translates
40:22freely
40:23on behalf
40:24own
40:24it means
40:25that something
40:26or in the services
40:28of the CIA
40:29or in other things
40:32it was happening
40:34subsequently
40:35during the night
40:36President Reagan
40:37he has me
40:37asked again
40:41he exposed me
40:42the desire
40:43of the government
40:43of the United States
40:44to be able to
40:46to transport
40:47in the United States
40:49the group
40:50of terrorists
40:51to submit
40:52American justice
40:55him in my face
40:56he pointed out
40:56that the crimes
40:57had been committed
40:58in Italian territory
41:00and that therefore
41:01the jurisdiction
41:02belonged
41:02to Italy
41:03on this
41:04the president
41:04of the United States
41:05he agreed
41:05but he foretold
41:06but a request
41:09of extradition
41:10by
41:12of the United States
41:13towards
41:14of the four terrorists
41:15but it's true
41:16for example
41:16than with Reagan
41:17in the night
41:18of Sigonella
41:19the famous one
41:19between her and him
41:20they flew
41:22the big words
41:23no big words
41:24no firm words
41:25let's say
41:25I am
41:25I am
41:26I am
41:27I am
41:27they crossed
41:28the thread
41:29but firm words
41:30no big words
41:30no, on the contrary
41:31everything was resolved
41:32in a very
41:33I say very civilized
41:35with a mutual contestation
41:37of topics
41:38the one between Craxi
41:39and Reagan
41:40will remain
41:41Anyway
41:42a historic phone call
41:43the first time
41:44in which Italy
41:45he said no
41:46to the United States
41:47Italy
41:48will not deliver
41:49to the Americans
41:50the four terrorists
41:52of the Achille Lauro
41:53why will he put them
41:54in prison
41:55and will prosecute them
41:56second
41:56the laws
41:57Italian
41:58Reagan
41:59at this point
42:00accept
42:02the decision
42:02by Craxi
42:03in Sigonella
42:04At that time
42:04as a consequence
42:05of this phone call
42:06the comparison
42:07hard-nosed
42:08among the Italian military
42:10and the American military
42:11arrives
42:12at the epilogue
42:13It's 4 in the morning
42:15on Friday
42:15October 11th
42:17I gave him
42:1810 minutes of time
42:19to repeat
42:20his men
42:22him
42:23he came out
42:24from the room
42:25And
42:25he went
42:26on a small terrace
42:27he was there
42:29Neighbor
42:30with
42:31he called
42:32the usual man
42:32with
42:33his
42:33his
42:34telephone
42:35he spoke
42:36on the phone
42:36I don't know
42:37with who
42:37the fact is
42:38That
42:38I hung up the phone
42:39he told me
42:41coronelli
42:41At that time
42:43the men
42:44to want it
42:44the oroplane
42:45I'm on
42:48Sigonella
42:48Friday
42:49October 11th
42:504 a.m.
42:51the Americans
42:52they have no choice
42:53the delta force
42:54he retires
42:54and leave
42:55the base
42:55of Sigonella
42:56the general
42:57Steiner
42:57However
42:58stay at the base
42:59to make sure
43:00that the terrorists
43:00actually come
43:01arrested
43:02from the Italians
43:03two hours later
43:04the four hijackers
43:05they get off the plane
43:06and are taken over
43:08from the police
43:08on board the bank
43:10but it remained
43:11Abu Abbas
43:12the man
43:12that the Americans
43:14they consider as the principal
43:15of the operation
43:16Achille Lauro
43:17and Abbas
43:18not only does he not want to
43:20get off the plane
43:21but he asks with insistence
43:22to be able to start again
43:24by plane
43:24from Palazzo Chigi
43:26Craxi's advisor
43:27the diplomatic advisor
43:28by Craxi
43:29Antonio Badini
43:30tries to put himself
43:31in contact with him
43:32to convince him
43:33to stay
43:34as a guest
43:35witness
43:36Ambassador Badini
43:38he called me
43:39telling me
43:40that he
43:40he wanted to talk
43:42with Abul Abbas
43:42we put the phone down
43:44on the ladder
43:45of the airplane
43:47Abu Abbas
43:48when he looked out
43:49to the airplane
43:49to answer
43:51on the phone
43:52by Badini
43:53he saw
43:54that around
43:55there was still
43:56some Americans
43:58among which
43:59General Steinberg
44:00he did
44:01the aerofront
44:02and he succeeded
44:03from the airplane
44:03I don't speak
44:05with no one
44:07I participated
44:09to the working group
44:10Italian-Egyptian-Palestinian
44:12to save
44:14the 400 passengers
44:15of the ship
44:20Instead
44:21instead of thanking us
44:23they mounted
44:25a whole story
44:26and then
44:29you have to see
44:30like the administration
44:31American
44:32he seized
44:33the Egyptian plane
44:36and not only this
44:38and not only this
44:44since he did it
44:45violating sovereignty
44:46of the Italian territory
44:51In short
44:52Abu Dhabi
44:53has no
44:54intention to give up
44:55from Cairo
44:56the Egyptian government
44:58reiterates
44:58Abu Dhabi
44:59he will only speak
45:00in front of
45:01to a diplomat
45:02Italian
45:03it's just
45:04on board
45:04of the airplane
45:05and in no case
45:06it could be
45:07arrested
45:08at this point
45:09that is, substantially
45:10Egypt
45:11protection
45:11defends
45:12he takes sides
45:13with
45:13Abu Dhabi
45:15Achille Lauro
45:17Indeed
45:17it won't be
45:18authorized
45:19starting
45:19from Port Said
45:21Meaning what
45:21from Egypt
45:22until
45:22the Boeing
45:23with on board
45:24Abu Dhabi
45:24will not have
45:25left
45:26Sigonella
45:28Craxi
45:29so at this point
45:30send
45:31in Sigonella
45:31his advisor
45:33Badini
45:33the boss
45:35of the SISMI
45:35Martini
45:36the person in charge
45:37business
45:37of the olpa
45:38Rome
45:38to Husseini
45:39and sends it
45:40to treat
45:41with Abu Dhabi
45:42we have there
45:44seen and met
45:46the officers
45:47Americans
45:48there was
45:50the air
45:52era
45:53tense
45:54the Americans
45:56they insisted
45:56that they don't do
45:58the plane leaves
45:59that they want
45:59enter
46:00in the plane
46:01to take
46:02Abu Dhabi
46:03why this
46:04it's an order
46:04the Italian part
46:07with courtesy
46:09and kindness
46:09but with a lot
46:10firmness
46:11they told him
46:12it's not possible
46:13this
46:14a
46:15decision
46:16of the government
46:17Italian
46:17this is about
46:18sovereignty
46:19of the government
46:21Italian
46:22and of Italy
46:23in particular
46:24the Americans
46:25at that moment
46:26they were not
46:27neither agree
46:28nor happy
46:29Truly
46:29but the position
46:31Italian
46:31she was still
46:32indisputable
46:38Sigonella
46:394.30pm
46:40on board the
46:41Boeing
46:41Abu Dhabi
46:42meets
46:42Hussein
46:43and the councilor
46:44Badini
46:44to which he reiterates
46:45to be
46:46stranger
46:46to the hijacking
46:47of the Achilles
46:48Laurel
46:48and to want
46:49right away
46:49leave Italy
46:51shortly after
46:52from Palazzo Chigi
46:52the decision comes
46:53by Craxi
46:54the plane
46:55must leave
46:55Sigonella
46:56at a time
46:56of Rome
46:57Badini councilors
46:58and I
46:59we have
46:59resumed
47:01our
47:01small plane
47:03and left again
47:05but not
47:06before having
47:07view
47:08the plane
47:09Egyptian
47:10That
47:12where there was
47:13Abu Dhabi
47:14start
47:14in front of us
47:15When
47:16the plane
47:17then he left
47:18and came to Ciampino
47:19without rushing into it
47:21the American hunt
47:24from the aircraft carriers
47:25he took flight
47:27to search
47:28to divert
47:29the plane
47:32on bases
47:35safer
47:36while he was escorted
47:38from Italian hunting
47:39and there
47:40there were
47:41conversations
47:43let's say
47:44very supported
47:46and spicy ones too
47:47that I listened to
47:48among the Italian pilots
47:50and the American pilots
47:52Well
47:53they exchanged
47:54bad words
47:55so
47:56they exchanged
47:56bad words
47:57and it's 11.10pm
47:59on Friday
48:00October 11th
48:01the Egyptian Boeing
48:02escorted
48:03from American fighters
48:05and from the Italian ones
48:06that exchange
48:07bad words
48:08on the ground
48:08in Ciampino
48:09a few hundred
48:11of meters
48:12on the ground too
48:12the American plane
48:13with on board
48:14General Steiner
48:15a few hours later
48:17at Palazzo Chigi
48:18the request arrives
48:19official
48:19on the American side
48:20of arrest
48:21and extradition
48:22by Abu Labbas
48:23the government
48:23pass the request
48:25American
48:26to the minister
48:27of grace and justice
48:28Mino
48:28Martinazzoli
48:29Mino Martinazzoli
48:31in turn
48:31responds in a manner
48:33official
48:33at 1pm
48:35on Saturday
48:36October 12th
48:38the minister
48:39believes that the request
48:40of arrest
48:41does not contain
48:41substantial elements
48:42according to the criteria
48:43that Italian law
48:44fixed for acquisition
48:45of the evidence
48:46and for the judgment
48:47on their evidence
48:48once again
48:50In short
48:50Rome responds
48:52No
48:52to the United States
48:53the problem
48:54at this point
48:55becomes
48:56where can he go
48:58Abu Labbas
48:59and how can you avoid it?
49:01that the Americans
49:02intercept
49:03again
49:04the Boeing
49:04that brings it
49:05to the destination
49:07chosen
49:07at that moment
49:09I said
49:11we can
49:12to try
49:13Of
49:14to do
49:16host
49:16Abu Labbas
49:17to receive
49:18Abu Labbas
49:19from the government
49:19of Yugoslavia
49:20After
49:21an hour
49:24of waiting
49:25there
49:26our
49:27embassy
49:28in Belgrade
49:29he called me
49:30saying yes
49:31we have the opportunity
49:33to receive
49:34Abu Labbas
49:35here in Belgrade
49:39Rome
49:406:30 pm
49:41in great secrecy
49:43the Egyptian plane
49:44take off
49:44from Ciampino
49:44after a few minutes
49:46lands in the nearby
49:47airport
49:48from Fiumicino
49:48here
49:49protected by services
49:50Italian secrets
49:51Abu Labbas
49:52he embarks
49:53on a plane
49:53of line
49:54Yugoslavian
49:54at 6.45pm
49:56the plane takes off
49:57at a time
49:58from Belgrade
49:58Rab
50:00came
50:01to make sure
50:03That
50:03Nobody
50:05it could have been
50:07to start again
50:08And
50:09we should tell him
50:11look at that
50:11the plane took off again
50:13Why
50:13moreover
50:14It must also be said
50:15that the Egyptians
50:17they didn't leave
50:18start
50:19the Achilles
50:21if it weren't
50:23been done
50:24start
50:24Abu Abbas
50:25me in that period
50:27I was
50:27in Yugoslavia
50:28as ambassadors
50:29Palestinians
50:31in Yugoslavia
50:32and then
50:33When
50:34Abu Abbas
50:34he went
50:35from Italy
50:36after the story
50:37of Sigonella
50:38all this
50:38and he came
50:39in Yugoslavia
50:42in Belgrade
50:42it remained
50:44eight days
50:46at my house
50:47in Belgrade
50:48and I heard
50:50from him
50:50the whole story
50:52even at the level
50:53staff
50:53as he spoke
50:54he considers
50:56that he
50:56he didn't have
50:58no responsibility
51:00live
51:00on the kidnapping
51:01on the contrary
51:03he considered
51:04that his role
51:05was
51:06Truly
51:07save
51:08life
51:09of all those
51:11that have been
51:12in that ship
51:13and save
51:13the ship itself
51:17in June
51:181986
51:19the court
51:20from Genoa
51:20will condemn
51:21Abu Abbas
51:21to life imprisonment
51:22in absentia
51:23as principal
51:24of the hijacking
51:24of the Achille Lauro
51:25and of the murder
51:26by Leon Klingoffer
51:27but if the sentence
51:29by Abu Abbas
51:29will arrive
51:30only
51:30nine months
51:31after the kidnapping
51:32of the Achille Lauro
51:33and the murder
51:34by Leon Klingoffer
51:35in Italy
51:35right away
51:36it breaks out
51:37the controversy
51:38politics
51:39within
51:40of the government
51:40this was
51:42the drop
51:43what he did
51:43to overflow
51:44the vase
51:45of the
51:47generally
51:47very peaceful
51:49John Spadolini
51:51that then
51:51he was a minister
51:52of the defense
51:53on the possibility
51:54to go to Parliament
51:55with a document
51:57quite nuanced
51:58as he left it
51:59to envisage
51:59Forlani
52:00what is it?
52:01I don't know any documents
52:02faded
52:02I said
52:03that I don't vote
52:04no documents
52:04that implies
52:05in any way
52:06approval
52:06of what happened
52:07on the Abbas case
52:08I just have to confirm
52:10this statement
52:11deliberate
52:11unanimously
52:12from the party
52:14let's say a little
52:15the truth
52:15he had
52:17a behavior
52:18Spadolini
52:19which was completely
52:19different
52:20from Craxi's
52:23he was pro-American
52:25Spadolini
52:26Bettino
52:26Craxi
52:27it wasn't
52:28I had
52:29his concept
52:31to be Italian
52:34he didn't think
52:35of duty
52:36Nothing
52:37to the Americans
52:38from one point of view
52:41general
52:42so
52:43if the government
52:44it is divided
52:45the controversy
52:45risks having
52:46of the consequences
52:47very heavy
52:48unexpected
52:49very heavy
52:50in the relationship
52:51between Italy
52:52and the United States
52:53the truth
52:54we didn't think
52:55to have
52:55a reaction
52:56so strong
52:58by
52:58of public opinion
53:00American
53:01which broke out
53:02for a few days
53:03with a
53:04very special
53:05violence
53:06it's important
53:07that we
53:08we demonstrate
53:08our attitude
53:10In short
53:10we don't like it
53:11that this terrorist
53:12arch-terrorist
53:13this great
53:14assist
53:15it was done
53:17escape
53:18from Italy
53:18when we had it
53:20in our hands
53:21it was the point
53:22taller
53:23of popularity
53:24by Craxi
53:26which was
53:26applauded
53:28from the whole
53:30Chamber of Deputies
53:31excluded
53:32Republicans
53:33Why
53:34he hit the mark
53:35a
53:35a speech
53:38national
53:39popular
53:39In short
53:40I
53:41I insisted
53:42why us
53:43we called back
53:44our
53:45ambassador
53:45to demonstrate
53:47that we
53:49That
53:49this action
53:51we didn't like it
53:52at all
53:53the Department
53:55of State
53:56he said
53:56ninth
53:57we have to
53:57protect
53:58Craxi
53:59if we do
53:59to return
54:00the ambassador
54:01the government
54:02will fall
54:02when I
54:04I feel
54:05all the
54:05controversies
54:06that I
54:07they are moved
54:08against
54:09in Italy
54:11where I am
54:12they put in crisis
54:12the government
54:13for Sigonella
54:14and for the
54:16story
54:16by Abu Abbas
54:19I
54:20I had to
54:20to go to me
54:21in Washington
54:22and I cancelled
54:23the journey
54:24in protest
54:25in front of this
54:26attitude
54:27American
54:28and theirs
54:29friends
54:30and theirs
54:30spokesperson
54:31in Italy
54:31All right
54:32from the end
54:33of the second
54:34world war
54:35the reports
54:36between Italy
54:36and the United States
54:37I'm never
54:39been like this
54:39difficult
54:40and thesis
54:41as at the moment
54:42of Sigonella
54:43but also
54:44on the home front
54:45there is a government crisis
54:46October 16th
54:47in protest
54:48the ministers
54:49Republicans
54:50they leave the government
54:51Craxi
54:52meanwhile
54:53but
54:53diplomacy
54:54he's already at work
54:55to mend
54:56the reports
54:57between Italy
54:58and the White House
55:01the next day
55:02it reaches me
55:03a phone call
55:05by
55:05of my friend
55:06Whitehead
55:07which was
55:07the deputy secretary
55:08of State
55:09and he was a person
55:10very rational
55:11and he told me
55:14what would you say?
55:16if I
55:17I took a leap
55:18in Rome
55:19and bring
55:21to the president
55:21Graxi
55:22a letter
55:23by Reagan
55:24Here you are
55:25and so
55:26was conceived
55:28the famous letter
55:30Dear Bettino
55:31Dear Bettino
55:34Well
55:35we must not forget
55:36that after a few days
55:37the president
55:37of the United States
55:38he writes me a letter
55:39staff
55:40calling me by name
55:42and telling me
55:43dear Bettino
55:44don't do that
55:44come here
55:45that we are friends
55:49Washington
55:50Sunday, October 19
55:521985
55:52the letter
55:54by Ronald Reagan
55:55to Bettino
55:55Craxi
55:55formally closes
55:57the diplomatic crisis
55:58between Italy
55:58and the United States
55:59in spite of
56:00of the divergences
56:01Reagan writes
56:02friendship
56:03between our countries
56:04and the common commitment
56:05against terrorism
56:06I'm not in question
56:07November 6th
56:09with a new vote
56:10of trust
56:10to the House
56:11it also closes
56:11the government crisis
56:12the epilogue
56:14the story
56:14Achille Lauro
56:15but it will come
56:16from the courtrooms
56:22July 1, 1986
56:24the court of Genoa
56:26life sentence
56:27a Boa Bass
56:27and two of the four
56:28terrorists
56:29of the Achille Lauro
56:29the material executor
56:31of the murder
56:31by Leon Klinghofer
56:32he is sentenced
56:33to 30 years in prison
56:34the fourth terrorist
56:36underage
56:36he is sentenced
56:37to 17 years in prison
56:44May 23, 1987
56:46the assize court
56:47of the Genoa appeal
56:48confirms all the sentences
56:49nine years later
56:50Leon Klinghofer's murderer
56:52he does not return to prison
56:53after a day off
56:54he is arrested in Spain
56:56and it's on the road
56:57back in Italy
57:00April 15, 2003
57:02American special forces
57:03arrest in Iraq
57:04a Boa Bass
57:05who lived in a villa
57:06in Baghdad
57:07protected by Saddam Hussein
57:09March 9, 2004
57:11Abu Abbas
57:12he dies in an American prison
57:14at the gates of Baghdad
57:15American military sources
57:16they say he is deceased
57:18following a heart attack
57:37to
57:39problems
57:40ultram2019
57:40armлично
57:41false
57:43na
57:44tours
57:45issuingaways
57:45passing by
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