Incident Date:
June 09, 1970
June 09, 1970 - June 12, 1970
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Amman Jordan
Perpetrators: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
Al Fatah
Event Type: Hostage Taking (Kidnapping)
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type: Separatist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Business(Hotel/Resort)
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim: No
Canadian Perpetrator: No
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "06/09/1970: Members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) took over two hotels, the Philadelphia and Intercontinental, in Amman, holding over 60 foreigners hostage, including seven Americans, one U.S. foreign service officer, 35 newsmen (including reporter John K. Cooley), Cooley's Greek wife, and citizens of the U.K., West Germany, Canada, and Australia. The group threatened to bomb the hotels if PFLP camps in Amman and Zarqa were smashed in renewed fighting with the Jordanian army. Hussein agreed to dismiss his uncle, Major General Sharif Naffer ibn Jamil, as army commander-in-chief, and to replace him with chief of staff Brigadier General Mashrour Haditha, whom the Palestinian leadership trusted. After a three-day siege, the hostages were released on 06/12/1970."
References: 1) "Mickolus, Edward F. (1980). Trasnational Terrorism: Chronology of Events, 1968-1979. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 185."
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