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Source: BBC World Service-PRI-WGBH "The World"

Roundup

12-31-69

'Hijacked' Film Interview [9min]

A new PBS documentary recounts the dramatic events of September 1970 when a group of Palestinian militants hijacked four commercial airliners. Hijacked examines how and when Middle East militants began to see civilians as legitimate pawns in their struggle. Host Lisa Mullins speaks with the documentary's producer.

Read entire article at BBC World Service-PRI-WGBH "The World"