1986 or 1987. Rome & Vienna... December 27: Arab terrorists attacked the check in counters of Israel's El Al Airlines at the Rome and Vienna international airports, killing 18 people including five Americans and wounding over 100. A radical Palestinian group headed by Sabri al Bana (Abu Nidal) claimed credit for the attacks. Abu Nidal, who broke away from the PLO some ten years earlier, has sworn to kill PLO Chairman Yassir Arafat. In a message dated 07/07/2002 8:14:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time, scotty@aviatsiya.ru writes: > Anyone got details of these "previous attacks"? I don't remember any > incidents where a gunmen has shot dead El Al employees in Europe at an > airport counter. >