maximized for its global attention. and it provided an opportunity to really illuminate the terrorist cause. >> rolling? what the palestinians say is how come the world has so much pity for these few hundred people in the desert, when for 20 years they'll have no pity for our 2.5 million in the desert? >> the hijackers have placed dynamite aboard the planes and a red cross official said today the planes can now be blown up at the push of a button. >> arab guerrillas today blew up three jets worth $25 million. all the passengers had been taken off before the dynamiting. some at the last moment. >> the black clouds could see for miles and a new stage in the darkening political situation had begun. >> they don't call it terrorism. we call it terrorism. they call it national resistance. for us, it was clear the palestinian problem was not going away.