OPEC siege members of OPEC were taken hostage in Vienna, Austria, where the ministers were attending a meeting at the OPEC headquarters at Dr-Karl-Lueger-Ring 10 (renamed Universitätsring in 2012). The hostage attack was orchestrated by a six-person team led by Venezuelan terrorist Carlos the Jackal (which included Gabriele Kröcher-Tiedemann, Hans-Joachim Klein and Anis al-Naqqash). The self-named "Arm of the Arab Revolution" group called for the liberation of Palestine. Carlos planned to take over the conference by force and kidnap all eleven oil ministers in attendance and hold them for ransom, with the exception of Ahmed Zaki Yamani and Iran's Jamshid Amuzegar, who
Rigsby, Lincolnshire Rigsby, Lincolnshire Rigsby is a village and part of the civil parish of Rigsby with Ailby, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately west from the town of Alford. The origin of the name Rigsby is of, Old Norse-Vikings. Rigsby - Land of Odin, Rig (Odin's Nickname) - Old Norse God, By - Land of. Similar to many "by"s, Ex: Thorsby, Land of Thor. Visby (Gotland, Sweden) - Land of a Holy place, Hedeby - Land of Heath Rigsby is listed in the 1086 "Domesday Book" as "Rigesbi", with 19 households and a church. The