The World - News from Nov. 3, 1985
Italian investigators believe that Masar Kadia, a senior aide to Palestinian faction leader Abul Abbas, was aboard the Achille Lauro during the liner’s hijacking and that he directed the operation, the Italian news agency ANSA reported. Citing leaks from judicial sources, the agency said Kadia boarded the ship under a stolen Greek passport in the name of Petros Floros. It added that Kadia made two other trips on the Achille Lauro, apparently for reconnaissance purposes, before the cruise when the hijacking took place.
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