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Silco incident
A Belgian-French family kidnapped from their yacht in the Mediterranean in 1985, held by Palestinian terrorists and the Libyan government. Through 2015 the opening said the family was taken "by Palestinian terrorists and the Libyan government." Today the opening names only "the Libyan government," though terror survives four times in the body. A reader arriving now learns the Libyan government carried out the kidnapping and not that Palestinian terrorists did too.
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Silco incident involves the kidnapping of the Belgian - French family Houtekins-Kets by Palestinian terrorists and the Libyan government from their yacht Silco in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea on August 1, 1985. The Belgian part of the family had to endure almost five years of captivity in Libya , but got freed after the liberation of Abu Nidal terrorist Said Al Nasr (who was convicted in the early 1980s for throwing a hand grenade into a group of Jewish children in Antwerp ) for the family, in Cairo , Egypt , on January 12, 1991. The French part of the family were released somewhat earlier, when the French government negotiated their freedom with the Libyan government.1
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“terror” appeared 2 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 4. Read the current article and compare.
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