By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 8 September 2026

For purposes of accessibility, below is reproduced an article published two days after the infamous Cinema Rex fire during the Islamic Revolution in Iran, the most lethal post-war terrorist attack before 9/11. Inter alia, the article records contemporary evidence suggesting that the Palestinian terrorist leader Sabri al-Banna (Abu Nidal), a guest in Saddam Husayn’s Iraq, had a role in the atrocity.