1979 Hostage Site Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 11, 2023

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	noun • a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil
	32%	8		Site of the Beslan school hostage crisis in 2004
	noun • an autonomous republic in southwestern Russia in the northern Caucasus Mountains bordering on Georgia; declared independence from the USSR in 1991 but Russian troops invaded and continue to prosecute a relentless military campaign in the largely Muslim republic
	31%	7		Ugandan hostage-rescue site
	noun • a town in southern Uganda on Lake Victoria; site of an international airport (where in 1976 Israeli commandos rescued hostages held aboard a plane by Palestinian hijackers)

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New York Times22 May 2001	Down 12
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