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678 B
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13 lines
678 B
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- Organization
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- Private
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- Airline
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- France
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[[Air France]] is a French airline. It was involved in the 1976 [[Entebbe hijacking]], where an [[Air France]] jet flying from [[Tel Aviv]] to [[Paris]] was diverted to [[Entebbe Airport]] in [[Uganda]] by members of the [[Baader-Meinhof Group]]. The hijacking led to a commando raid by [[Israel|Israeli]] forces to rescue the hostages.[^1]
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[[Ari Ben-Menashe]] later booked an [[Air France]] flight from [[Europe]] to [[Israel]] for [[Sayeed Mehdi Kashani]].[^1]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992. (Hereafter, "Profits of War")
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