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The Siege of Mecca

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4.0·2018·0h 52m

On November 20, 1979 at 5:30 in the morning, hundreds of armed men take over the Grand Mosque of Mecca, transforming the holiest shrine of Islam into ...

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HRH Prince Turki Al Faisal

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Mark Gregory Hambley

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Christian Prouteau

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Christian Lambert

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Ignace Wodecki

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Paul Barril

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Dirk van den Berg

OVERVIEW

On November 20, 1979 at 5:30 in the morning, hundreds of armed men take over the Grand Mosque of Mecca, transforming the holiest shrine of Islam into a fortress and a trap for almost 100,000 pilgrims inside. This was the beginning of the siege of Mecca…