The 1985 Hijacking of the Cruise Ship Achille Lauro and the Murder of Leon Klinghoffer, An Old Man In a Wheelchair

Gunmen hijack Italian cruise liner (BBC, Oct. 7, 1985) Achille Lauro, Ship Carrying 400 Siezed; Hijackers Demand Israel Release 50 Palestinians (NYT, Oct. 8, 1985) Ship hijackers give up in Arafat coup (Guardian, Oct. 10, 1985) US and Italy claim right to try hijackers (Guardian, Oct. 12, 1985) Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | US foiled as hijack 'leader' vanishes (Guardian, Oct. 14, 1985) Flashback: How Italy let Abbas go in Oct. 1985 (BBC, Apr. 16, 2003) Achille Lauro Postcards (Willem Ruys)   Ringleader of '85 Achille Lauro Hijacking Says Killing Wasn't His Fault (NYT, Nov. 8, 2002) Fugitive Achille Lauro hijacker 'held in Baghdad' (BBC, Apr. 16, 2003) Achille Lauro killer caught in Baghdad (Guardian, Apr. 16, 2003) '85 Hijacker of Achille Lauro Is Captured in Baghdad (NYT, Apr. 16, 2003) US rules out immunity for Abbas (BBC, Apr. 16, 2003) Abu Abbas: Unfinished business (BBC, Apr. 16, 2003)