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	Entebbe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Entebbe is a city in Uganda with a population of approximately 90,500.
		"Entebbe", in the local Luganda language, means a "seat", and was probably named that because it was the place where a Baganda chief sat to adjudicate legal cases.
		Entebbe is perhaps best known as the home of Entebbe International Airport, the main international airport of Uganda, which was started in 1947.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Entebbe (239 words)

	Entebbe
		With a population of 90,500, the majority of Entebbe's residents are civil servants for government ministries.
		Entebbe is 21 miles from Kampala, the capitol of Uganda, and on the shore of Lake Victoria, the second largest fresh water lake in Africa.
		Entebbe means "seat" and received its name from the rocky seats where Mugula, a chief of the Ganda people, would hold court and adjudicate cases.
	www.ugandatourism.org /Entebbe.php (304 words)

	Entebbe - HighBeam Encyclopedia
		Entebbe was founded in 1893, and from 1894 to 1962 it was the administrative capital of the British Uganda Protectorate.
		In 1972, Entebbe's Asian population was forced to leave as part of a nationwide expulsion of Asians by Gen. Idi Amin.
		In 1976, Entebbe's airport was the site of a raid by Israeli commandos who freed 103 Israeli hostages from a plane hijacked by Palestinian terrorists.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Entebbe.html (205 words)

	Woolly Days: Entebbe
		July 3 was the 30th anniversary of Operation Entebbe, the Israeli rescue mission to free hostages at the Entebbe Airport in Uganda.
		The cause of Operation Entebbe was the hijack of an aeroplane one week earlier.
		At Entebbe, the hijackers were joined by three newcomers under the command of Wilfried Böse.
	nebuchadnezzarwoollyd.blogspot.com /2006/08/entebbe.html (1121 words)

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		Thirty years after the Entebbe Rescue Operation, the mayor of Entebbe, in Uganda, announced on Monday that the old terminal where the hostages were held will be demolished.
		The Entebbe Operation, also known as Operation Jonathan, took place in 1976 when the IDF forces led an operation for the release of 105 Jewish and Israeli tourists who were held as hostages by Palestinian terrorists.
		In fact, only the skeleton of the building where the hostages were held remains, and alongside it stands the observation tower where a sign reads the story of the kidnapping and the rescue mission.
	www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3302682,00.html (478 words)

	Entebbe Diary (A MUST GREAT READ)
		The name "Entebbe" and the operation with which it is associated enjoy a special place in the annals of the ongoing war against terrorism.
		Entebbe Diary is dedicated to the scores of men who flew to Africa and back, and to the hundreds more who, by their unstinting efforts in planning and preparation, made the mission possible, and whose hearts went with their comrades to Entebbe.
		It was a sunny morning in Israel, the plight of the Entebbe hostages overshadowed the normal Sabbath joys.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/856182/posts (9192 words)

	Uganda, Entebbe
		Entebbe is located on the shore of Lake Victoria near the capital city of Kampala and has a population of around 90 500 people.
		Entebbe International Airport, the main airport of Uganda, was built in 1947.
		Operation Entebbe, an Israeli operation to free the hostages of a hijack, took place at this airport in 1976.
	www.which-way.com /africa-guide/destinationsg2a/DestID~218 (144 words)

	Entebbe, Uganda
		Entebbe is made up of the Old Entebbe town and the suburb of Kitoro located closer to the airport where you will find markets, bars, and supermarkets.
		Fortunately Entebbe has accommodation to meet the needs of budget travelers as well as those prepared to pay the high prices of the large hotels.
		Entebbe's newly completed (April 2004) 6 story luxury hotel with all the features you might expect at such a venue.
	traveluganda.co.ug /entebbe.asp (2577 words)

	Entebbe - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Entebbe, city in southern Uganda, on the northwestern shore of Lake Victoria.
		President Idi Amin survived an assassination attempt in June and shortly thereafter became embroiled in controversy over his actions following the landing of a hijacked jet at Uganda's Entebbe Airport.
		The repercussions of the Entebbe episode worsened already strained relations with Kenya and...
	encarta.msn.com /Entebbe.html (145 words)

	Entebbe Rescue Operation, 1976
		Once at Entebbe, the passengers were moved to the Old Terminal building, guarded by Ugandan soldiers and local PFLP terrorist operatives in addition to the hijackers themselves.
		The released group were interrogated on their return to Europe to gain information about the circumstances at Entebbe; they confirmed that the Ugandans were active partners in the hijacking.
		The rear ramp of the plane was already open, and the vehicles were on the ground and moving away before the Hercules rolled to a stop.
	www.palestinefacts.org /pf_1967to1991_entebbe.php (1285 words)

	A Hero of Entebbe, Welcome This Time
		Idi Amin had taken the raid on Entebbe as a personal insult, and most Ugandans were angered by the killing of Ugandan soldiers.
		His arrival was front-page news in Entebbe; the week he spent here was filled with receptions, dinners and sightseeing in the company of his hosts.
		Herschu to Entebbe 18 years ago are ferrying emergency aid to the victims of the Rwandan war.
	www.iht.com /articles/1994/09/16/liden.php (846 words)

	SpecWarNet Case Studies -Operation Jonathan
		Drivers from the Unit met with crews from the Israeli Air Force to practice off-loading all of the vehicles that were to be brought along for the mission.
		The timing of the assault was critical; in order to slip their large C-130 transports into the airport undetected by radar the force was to land closely behind a British Airways flight that was scheduled to land for refueling.
		The rescue at Entebbe is a classic example of a successful special operations.
	www.specwarnet.net /miscinfo/entebbe.htm (2074 words)

	Lt. Col. Jonathan (Yoni) Netanyahu official memorial web site - The Entebbe Rescue (Jonathan Operation)
		The plane, however, did not proceed to Israel but turned southeast, in the direction of East Africa, and landed that morning at Entebbe airport in Uganda.There, the four terrorists who had hijacked the plane, two Germans and two Arabs, were met by several other Arab terrorists.
		Landing C-130 transports directly at the airport of Entebbe was considered a feasible way of bringing in the rescue force.
		The plan called for the Unit’s initial force of twenty nine men to be flown to Entebbe and to land at night near the new terminal.
	www.yoni.org.il /eng_jonathan.htm (1536 words)

	israelinsider: politics: Remembering the Entebbe rescue mission 25 years later
		In a poll released this week by the Association for Commemorating the Memory and Legacy of Lt.-Col Yonatan Netanyahu, a nonprofit organization, 30 percent of the Israeli public did not know what Operation Yonatan was.
		After Entebbe, it was very difficult to argue that you had no choice but to surrender to terrorism," he adds.
		Following the Entebbe mission, Bibi Netanyahu founded the Jonathan Institute for the Study of Terrorism.
	www.israelinsider.com /channels/politics/articles/pol_0033.htm (764 words)

	Amazon.com: Yoni's Last Battle: The Rescue at Entebbe, 1976: Books: Iddo Netanyahu,Yoram Hazony (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		On July 4, 1976, more than a hundred hostages, held at gunpoint in Entebbe, Uganda, were freed in a spectacular rescue operation and flown to safety in Israel, over 2000 miles away.
		Although the reader has a sense of the events surrounding Entebbe, the writing is such that there is no sence of melodrama about such a dangerous mission.
		Iddo Netanyahu's work about his brother's command of the heroic hostage rescue from the airport at Entebbe in 1976 is carried by the courage of the particpants, not his writing.
	www.amazon.com /Yonis-Last-Battle-Rescue-Entebbe/dp/9652292834 (1680 words)

	israelinsider: Views: Lessons to learn from Entebbe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		For shame, on the contrary, we should all be stirred to righteous determination while the heroics of Entebbe are retold once again.
		The action of Entebbe not only saved lives, but also produced new facts on the ground and important policy commitments.
		The ordeal of the hostages in Entebbe, and the flamboyant antics of Uganda's Muslim dictator, Idi Amin, drew the attention of the world away from the American bicentennial celebration.
	web.israelinsider.com /Views/2490.htm (980 words)

	Back to Entebbe - IRIS Blog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The soldiers were drooping after intense training through the night followed by endemic vomiting the first leg of the flight, as the squads flew low to the ground under the radar and through heavy turbulence to avoid detection by Egyptian, Jordanian, Saudi, American and Russian radars.
		The plan to rescue the more than 100 hostages held at Uganda's Entebbe airport was certainly unprecedented.
		The elite team was used to covert operations on Israeli or nearby soil, where the terrain was familiar.
	www.iris.org.il /blog/archives/1401-Back-to-Entebbe.html (433 words)

	U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III lands at Entebbe International Airport, Uganda. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The first U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III to land at Entebbe International Airport, Uganda, is marshaled to its parking space by Staff Sgt. Guy Moore on Nov. 26, 1996.
		Entebbe could become a cargo hub for the possible multinational, military humanitarian operation in Central Africa.
		Nearly 400 military logistics personnel are at airports in Mombasa, Kenya, in Entebbe, Uganda, and in Kigali, Rwanda.
	www.defense.gov /photos/Nov1996/961126-F-7924J-502.html (183 words)

	Sandbaggers--Entebbe, Mogadish and Baader-Meinheoff
		One female hostage was allowed her freedom before the plane took off after its seven-hour stopover for its final destination, the international airport at Entebbe Uganda.
		All non-jews were released and Air France scrambled a special flight to Entebbe to pick up the freed passengers.
		Similar suggestions were made more recently in the Times of London, which claimed that a mock-up of the Iranian reactor that is now in the news is being used in training by the Israeli Defense Force.
	www.opsroom.org /pages/intelligence/Entebbe.html (837 words)

	Impact of Entebbe
		A younger brother was then a student at Aish HaTorah in the Old City, and he and his fellow students beat a continuous path to the ongoing prayer vigils at the Western Wall.
		Entebbe became for me one of those crucial moments of awakening as a Jew.
		While the first realization of the miracle of the Entebbe rescue will always rank as one of the happiest moments of my life, the memory today is a bittersweet one.
	www.aish.com /jewishissues/israeldiary/Impact_of_Entebbe.asp (1457 words)

	Operation Entebbe - history - central - British Council - LearnEnglish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Operation Entebbe took place on the night of July 3 and early morning of July 4, 1976.
		It was actually called Operation Thunderbolt by the Israeli military operatives who planned it and carried it out, and it was retroactively renamed Operation Yonatan after the raid commander, Col. Yonatan "Yoni" Netanyahu, the only Israeli soldier to die in the raid.
		The passengers were held hostage in the transit hall of Entebbe International Airport's old terminal.
	www.britishcouncil.org /ro/learnenglish-central-history-entebbe.htm (1233 words)

	Entebbe
		In 1968, terrorists hijack a jet that was carrying 130 Jews, and flew it to Africa.
		The plane in hijacked, and heads to Benghazi where the hijackers demand the release of 53 militants, held in Israel and four other countries.
		The airliner goes to a remote runway, is refueled and departs at 21.30 to Entebbe.
	judicial-inc.biz /entebbe.htm (849 words)

	Entebbe: Thirty Years Later
		It began as a day of heightened anxiety for the world, and one of extreme danger for the hostages held in the terminal of the Entebbe airport.
		The seventh night for the over 100 Israelis and the twelve member Air France crew who were in captivity since PFLP (Popular Front Liberation Palestine) terrorists and two west German supporters hijacked an Air France jet while on the ground in Athens, bound from Tel Aviv to Paris.
		Thirty years later, as the threat of terrorism looms large, Entebbe stands as a model of victory and of how victory is achieved.
	www.jewishmag.com /105mag/entebbe/entebbe.htm (615 words)

	Entebbe, Uganda from All Airports - Flight Comparison.co.uk
		Cheap Flights to Entebbe, Uganda from All Airports, UK Listed below are Cheap Air Flights to Entebbe from All Airports in the UK, which we have found on the leading UK travel sites.
		The flights to Entebbe may not be available at the listed price on the particular dates you wish to travel - they may even only be available for a day or two during the month.
		Sitting upon a lush, valley-filled landscape, Entebbe is a Ugandan city that holds itself more as a transit and produce center than a standalone tourist destination.
	www.flightcomparison.co.uk /flightcomparison/flights/flyentebbeebb.htm (395 words)

	New Vision Online : Sh500m to fund Entebbe Hospital
		THE Government has set aside sh500m for the construction of a modern casualty ward at Entebbe Hospital ahead of the commonwealth meeting (CHOGM) next year, Entebbe mayor Stephen Kabuye has said.
		“Entebbe Hospital, which was built over 100 years ago, is only a referral hospital in words because it lacks almost everything.
		Since the municipality is expected to host the Queen and many dignitaries, special attention should be given to it,” he said on Wednesday during a preparatory meeting to launch the ‘Keep Entebbe Clean Campaign’.
	www.newvision.co.ug /D/8/219/521602 (196 words)

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		Anniversary of Entebbe is day of mourning, but media rarely mentions four hostages who died
		Former elite commando unit fighters recount the chain of events of the summer of 1976
		The Entebbe rescue was the exception, not the rule, to dealing with hostage crises Amos Carmel says
	www.ynetnews.com /home/0,7340,L-4254,00.html (95 words)

	Franks Tourists Hostel & Campsite - Tha Backpackers Place, Entebbe, Uganda
		The backapckers is only 500 meters from the Kampala –; Entebbe Airport Road and signposted on the left side of the road if driving towards the airport, just after the Windsor Lake Victoria Hotel near the Department of Statistics, opposite the Uganda Printing and Publishing Cooperation (UPPC) before the Shell Petrol Station.
		A visit to the Uganda Wildlife Education Center and the Botanical Gardens in Entebbe is possible and very relaxing.
		Transport locally in Entebbe is available using small motor cycles known as boda bodas which are numerous at rates ranging between UGX 500 – UGX 3000= depending on the distance of the journey.
	www.traveluganda.co.ug /frankstouristshostel/index.html (426 words)

	Operation Entebbe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The assault on the old terminal, where the hostages were held, was made by a team of 29 IDF troops [1], members of the elite Sayeret Matkal unit.
		After the resulting explosions, the troops entered the room and shot three hijackers sitting at a table, stunned by the explosions.
		Meanwhile the other three C-130s had touched down and unloaded APCs, for defense during the anticipated hour of refueling, and some teams for cleanup, sabotage (of the jet fighters which might pursue the Hercules after leaving Entebbe) and intelligence gathering.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Operation_Entebbe (2069 words)

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