and it provided an opportunity to really illuminate the terrorists' cause. >> you rolling? what the palestinians say is why do americans have so much pity on these in the desert when for 20 years they had 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 guerillas 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 be seen for miles, and a new stage in the darkening political situation had begun. >> they don't call this terrorism. we call it terrorism. they call it national resistance. for us, it was clear that the palestinian problem was not going away.