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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1986
Page
3
Iran and Iraq have been at war for years as a hijacked jetliner explodes with 62 dead. A security man wrestled with the hijacker but he escaped, the cockpit door was slammed, and the plane erupted in flames filling the cabin with smoke.
Washington AP reports the White House is disbanding the NSC directorate that aimed to coordinate political and military issues led by Lt. Col. Oliver L. Since. Anonymous sources describe the unit as a nexus of political military relations and note pushback that it may reappear in another form to handle Iran arms sales and related concerns.
Police report a Libyan envoy was killed in an ambush near Taanayel as a car chased the embassy party through Beirut. Officials said they did not know the diplomats positions or activities in the area and cited an unidentified vehicle fleeing the scene after the incident. The matter follows a 1978 Libyan visit to Libya and adds tension to Beirut’s security situation.
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