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In June 1976, Palestinian terrorists seized an Air France plane and landed it at Entebbe in Uganda, holding 105 Israelis and other Jews as hostages.
I remember that broadcast where RR finally said that, although his heart told him he didn't exchange arms for hostages, the evidence proved that he had.
Walsh contends that Reagan must have known about the diversion because he chose to persist with the policy of arms for hostages, even though most of the American hostages in Lebanon were not released in exchange for the missiles that were shipped to Iran.
Meanwhile, Taliban leaders, anxious for the plane to leave their country, have vowed to kill the hijackers if they hurt any more hostages.
In exchange, he allowed the terrorists to return to Chechnya, taking a busload of hostages with them as human shields (they were later released).