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'''[[Erika Chambers]]''' assassin of [[Ali Hassan Salameh]] |
'''[[Erika Chambers]]''' assassin of [[Ali Hassan Salameh]] |
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Salameh was killed on January 22, 1979 in [[Beirut]] by a car bomb planted by [[Israel]]i [[mossad|security forces]] as part of the [[Operation Wrath of God]] campaign, in response to the [[Munich massacre]] in 1972.<ref>[http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F20F1EFD3B5C0C738DDDAE0894DB484D81 Life and Death of a Terrorist], ''New York Times'', July 10, 1983.</ref> Eight other people were also killed in the explosion.<ref> Shalev, Noam [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/this_world/4627388.stm 'The hunt for Black September'], ''[[BBC News Online]]'', 26 January 2006, accessed 14 March 2006.</ref> |
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It is believed{{Who|date=March 2009}} that Mossad recruited [[Erika Chambers]], a [[United Kingdom|British]] citizen, to carry out Salameh's assassination. She traveled to the [[Middle East]] with a charity supporting [[Palestinian refugees]] and arranged a meeting with Salameh in [[Beirut]], where Salameh was being harbored by the Lebanese government. Chambers learned Salameh's daily routine and arranged for a car bomb to be planted on a street which Salameh used. As his convoy drove past, Chambers activated the explosive, killing him and four of his bodyguards. Four bystanders were also killed.<ref name="Time 1979">{{cite journal|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,946209,00.html?internalid=ACA|title=Death of a Terrorist|journal=[[Time Magazine]]|date=1979-02-05|accessdate=2007-03-27}}</ref> |
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Erika Chambers assassin of Ali Hassan Salameh
Death
Salameh was killed on January 22, 1979 in Beirut by a car bomb planted by Israeli security forces as part of the Operation Wrath of God campaign, in response to the Munich massacre in 1972.[1] Eight other people were also killed in the explosion.[2]
It is believed[who?] that Mossad recruited Erika Chambers, a British citizen, to carry out Salameh's assassination. She traveled to the Middle East with a charity supporting Palestinian refugees and arranged a meeting with Salameh in Beirut, where Salameh was being harbored by the Lebanese government. Chambers learned Salameh's daily routine and arranged for a car bomb to be planted on a street which Salameh used. As his convoy drove past, Chambers activated the explosive, killing him and four of his bodyguards. Four bystanders were also killed.[3]
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Salameh didn't act like a man on the run. He married Miss Universe, then spent his honeymoon in Hawaii and Disney World. But Wyman understood the Red Prince’s days might be numbered. He knew the Israelis have long memories.
"Had you asked me at the time I would have said it's only a matter of time before they try to get him," says Wyman, who believes that Salameh knew that he was a target.
The Red Prince was living the good life in Lebanon. Beirut was a cosmopolitan city, so no one found it strange when an eccentric Englishwoman named Erika Chambers rented an apartment around the corner from his place and spent hours at her window painting street scenes. On Jan. 22, 1979, the Red Prince was on his way to his mother's for a birthday party. As he drove past a Volkswagen parked on the street, Miss Chambers gave a signal from her terrace. The Red Prince never made it to the party.[4]
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BBC names Chambers
January 24, 2006
- BBC will tonight name Erika Chambers as the British woman who in 1979 detonated the bomb in Beirut that killed the mastermind of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre[5]
References
- ^ Life and Death of a Terrorist, New York Times, July 10, 1983.
- ^ Shalev, Noam 'The hunt for Black September', BBC News Online, 26 January 2006, accessed 14 March 2006.
- ^ "Death of a Terrorist". Time Magazine. 1979-02-05. Retrieved 2007-03-27.
- ^ http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/11/20/60II/main318655.shtml
- ^ http://www.tomgrossmedia.com/mideastdispatches/archives/000634.html