"Eight terrorists land on a beach from a mother ship, walk into a busy hotel in the centre of town firing AK-47s, throwing grenades. Sounds familiar? If Israel is grieving the death of its eight citizens in the November 26 attacks in Mumbai, its terror experts cannot help regard it with a sense of déjà-vu. The attacks were a near repeat of the Savoy hotel attacks of March 1975 carried out by the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO).
On the night of March 4, 1975, two teams of eight Palestinian terrorists landed on Tel Aviv beach in rubber boats. Shooting and throwing grenades, they captured the Savoy Hotel near the centre of the city. The Palestinians threatened to kill their hostages if the authorities did not release 20 Palenstinian prisoners within four hours.
Early next morning, an Israeli commando from Sayeret Matkal stormed the hotel, killing seven militants and capturing one. Five hostages were freed and eight were killed. Three soldiers, including former Sayeret Matkal commander Uzi Yairi were also killed.
"One cannot ignore the similarities between the Savoy attack and the resent Mumbai attack," says Colonel (retd) Jonathan Fighel of the International Policy Centre for Counter-Terror, Israel.
Fighel echoes the sentiment of terrorism experts across the world who were shocked by the sorry state of India's counter assault teams. "From what I have seen on TV, it looks as the assault forces were not equipped with special typical counter terror arms, clothing, night vision, laser viewfinder, ballistic shields, special helmets with communication devices," Fighel says. "
Shock horror, Islamic terrorists share methodology as well as a hatred of Jews, Hindus and Christians.
Thanks to Dry Bones for the spot.
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