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Hijacking Crisis Shocks Rome and Cairo Alliances
Two Palestinians linked to the hijackers remained aboard the plane at Ciampino as Rome frets over the incident. President Reagan defended the U S interception of the jet while praising Italian Prime Minister Craxi and Egypt for handling the crisis without more loss of life.
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Ciampino
Rome
Sigonella
Mohammed Abbas
Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Hani al Hassan
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Bettino Craxi
Cairo
Egypt
U.S
Washington
Foreign Ministry
Reagan
Robert McFarlane
Navy
John Poindexter
Chicago
McFarlane
Air Force One
White House
Italy
ANSA
Hallah Abdullah Alhsan
Majed Yussef al-Molky
Abdel Atif Ibrahim
Hammad Ali Abdullah
Sicily
Craxi
Mubarak
Middle East