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Black September storms the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, resulting in the assassination of three Western hostages.
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Palestinian militant organization (1970 – c. 1988)
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Muslim country in the Middle East
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Khartoum
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Attack on the Saudi Embassy in Khartoum
1973 hostage crisis at the Saudi Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan by Palestinian militants
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