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Gabriele Kroecher-Tiedemann

Bloody Advent: 50 Years after the OPEC Raid in Vienna

It was the day the “Island of the Blessed” lost its innocence. Exactly five decades ago today, a heavily armed terrorist commando stormed the OPEC headquarters on Vienna's Ringstrasse. Three people died, the world held its breath, and Austria's security policy changed forever.