SAUDI ARABIA-HOSTAGES-GIGN

Picture dated December 1979 in Jeddah of arrested Moslem gunmen belonging to the group commanded by Jihman bin Saif al-Otaiba, alias "Lieutenant Mahdi" (the Messiah) who seized the 20 November 1979 the Mecca's Great Mosque, the home of Islma's holiest sites. Several hundred armed men hostile to the Saudi government barricaded themselves inside Mecca's Mosque for two weeks, taking pilgrims hostage. The building was stormed with the help of French commandos (GIGN) sent by Paris at Riyadh's request. An official toll put the dead at 153 and 560 wounded. All arrested gunmen were later executed. AFP PHOTO (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
Picture dated December 1979 in Jeddah of arrested Moslem gunmen belonging to the group commanded by Jihman bin Saif al-Otaiba, alias "Lieutenant Mahdi" (the Messiah) who seized the 20 November 1979 the Mecca's Great Mosque, the home of Islma's holiest sites. Several hundred armed men hostile to the Saudi government barricaded themselves inside Mecca's Mosque for two weeks, taking pilgrims hostage. The building was stormed with the help of French commandos (GIGN) sent by Paris at Riyadh's request. An official toll put the dead at 153 and 560 wounded. All arrested gunmen were later executed. AFP PHOTO (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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