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Hassan Izz Al Din  

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  • For his alleged role in the 1985 hijacking of Trans World Airlines Flight 847, Hassan Izz al Din (aka Ahmed Garbaya; Sa-id; Samir Salwwan), a native of Lebanon, was placed on the FBI's list of most wanted terrorists. A hijacker convicted in the TWA case testified that Izz al Din killed a U.S. Navy diver during the two-week ordeal. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism; Izz al Din, Hassan (1963–)]

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