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In the 30th chapter of his latest book, Qissati, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, recalls his first negotiation with a terrorist, who had hijacked a Japanese plane.
My first dialogue with a terrorist was in July 1973. Osamu Maruoka headed a terrorist organisation called the Japanese Red Army. The group had ties with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). To support their cause, Maruoka and members of the PFLP hijacked a plane with 118 passengers, threatening to explode it and kill all of them.
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How can we talk to someone who wanted to kill innocent people for the cause of other innocents? The worst thing that can happen to a noble cause is terrorists adopting it. Our region suffered from this for decades and many countries have lost thousands of people due to it.
I was at a military base when my phone rang and I was told that Japan Airlines flight 404 was hijacked. Maruoka sought permission for landing at the Dubai airport. I briefed Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Rashid about the case and went to the airport to take the necessary precautions before the plane landed.
I ordered the authorities to evacuate the airstrip and send all other planes to nearby airports. I gave permission to the hijacked plane to land in Dubai. After it landed, Maruoka demanded that he be allowed to talk to a top official. I told him I was Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
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