Episode 096: Robert Clifford and Kevin Foust – Hijacking, Egypt Air Flight 648 (Part 1)

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

True Crime, Interviews, Fiction, History, Fbi, Government, Truecrime

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🗓️ 14 December 2017

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

In part one of this two-part episode, retired agents Bob Clifford and Kevin Foust review their international terrorism investigation of the hijacking of Egypt Air Flight 648 during an international trip from Athens, Greece to Cairo, Egypt, on November 23, 1985. Members of the terrorist organization, Abu Nidal, hijacked the plane in Malta. The hijackers began systematically shooting Israeli and American passengers. A rescue attempt by Egyptian commandoes resulted in dozens of deaths, making the hijacking of Flight 648 one of the deadliest such incidents in history. Sixty-one of the 95 passengers and crew died, as did two of the three hijackers. Bob Clifford and Kevin Foust recount their efforts to bring the only surviving hijacker, Omar Mohammed Ali Rezaq, back to the U.S. to stand trial.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 96 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.
0:11.1	I'm a retired agent writing crime fiction inspired by true crime
0:14.9	FBI cases. In this episode we get to speak to retired agents Bob Clifford and
0:21.2	Kevin Faust who review their international terrorism investigation
0:26.0	of the hijacking of Egypt Air Flight 648 during an international trip from Athens, Greece to Cairo, Egypt on November 23rd, 1985,
0:37.8	the plane was hijacked in Malta by members of the terrorist organization Abu Nidal.
0:44.0	The hijackers began systematically shooting Israeli and American passengers.
0:50.0	A rescue attempt by Egyptian commandos resulted in dozens of deaths.
0:55.0	61 of the 95 passengers and crew died,
1:00.0	as well as two of the three hijackers.
1:04.0	Bob Clifford and Kevin Faust recount their efforts to bring the only surviving hijacker
1:11.0	Omar Mohammed Ali Rizak, back to the US to stand trial.
1:17.6	Retired agent Bob Clifford served with the FBI for nearly 24 years. He rose from FBI special agent to senior executive with
1:27.2	responsibilities that specialized in international terrorism,
1:31.4	counter espionage, nuclear proliferation,
1:35.3	and trans-national criminal gangs,
1:38.3	such as the violent MS-13.
1:41.9	His assignments included FBI field offices, FBI headquarters, the Iraq Combat
1:48.3	Theater, and international and diplomatic postings throughout the world, including U.S. embassies, the
1:55.2	European Union, and NATO. Bob Clifford is the recipient of numerous awards and
2:01.1	decorations to include the FBI directors award for
2:05.2	counterterrorism. In 2004 Bob Clifford received the Service to America Medal
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