[G Larry]

At the time, an insider tipped off an American journalist with the following telegram:

"Fatty's in for a big surprise."

In reference to Idi Amin.

I don't recall the author, but he was able to publish a short story on the raid in about 2 weeks.

[Tax-chick]

I have Iddo Netanyahu’s book about the operation. It’s really fascinating.

[Roccus]

NYC, Saturday July 3, 1976, my Buddy and I were on the water in the middle of the Bicentennial weekend celebrations viewing the sailing ships coming down LI Sound to the East River to partake in OpSail ‘76. We had recently heard that Israel was negotiating for the hostages at Entebbe. We were both suprised, and somewhat dismayed because in the past, Israel had always refused to do so.

Early Sunday morning, July 4, 1976, on our way through the North River to the Hudson to watch the tall ships and all the others parade up to the George Washington Bridge we heard the news of the raid. On this boatload of non-Jews there were nothing but cheers, smiles and a sense of pride in what our friends and allies had accomplished.,

[AlaskaErik]

In August 1994 two planes from our C-130 airlift unit were deployed to Uganda to assist in the movement of relief supplies to the survivors of the Rwanda massacre. One of our planes was parked in front of the old control tower and the other in front of the terminal where the hostages were held. A few of us actually got a tour of the tower, which still showed the scars of the battle that night of the rescue. We did not get to see the inside of the terminal, as it was occupied by numerous squatters. While we were there, there was a newspaper article about a paralyzed Israeli soldier who was visiting for the first time since he was wounded in the raid. I imagine he toured the airport area where we were, but I wasn’t there when he did.

[blu]

Thank you for posting that, it was a most enjoyable listen. Our #1 son is a Jonathan :)

[PLMerite]

Richard Pryor

[bravo whiskey]

i thought it was OPERATION THUNDERBOLT