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Operation OPEC - Terroranschlag in Wien (2007)

NR | Sep 05, 2007 (DE) | Documentary | 00:53

"Operation OPEC - Terror Attack in Vienna" - On December 21, 1975, six terrorists including the Germans Gabriele Tiedemann and Hans-Joachim Klein, led by Venezuelan top terrorist Carlos, attack the participants of the OPEC conference in Vienna and take eleven oil ministers and dozens of employees hostage. The action kills three people. The lavishly researched film reveals the background of the spectacular attack and establishes connections. The investigators, former hostages and some of the terrorists involved are heard.

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Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Self - Saudi Arabian Minister of Petroleum
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Gabriele Tiedemann
Self (archive footage)
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Sonja Suder
Self (archive footage)
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Ernst Wallascheck
Self - Staatspolizei Wein
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Enis al-Attar
Self - OPEC
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Wadie Haddad
Self - PLO
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Bassam Abu Sharif
Self - PLO

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