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Topic: 18 years later---Achille Lauro Mastermind Abbas Caught
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Caretaker
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35693-2003Apr16.html
GAZA (Reuters) - The Palestinian Authority demanded the release of veteran Palestinian guerrilla leader Abu Abbas on Wednesday, saying his detention in Iraq by U.S. forces violated an interim Middle East peace deal.
"We demand the United States release Abu Abbas. It has no right to imprison him," Palestinian cabinet minister Saeb Erekat told Reuters.
"The Palestinian-Israeli interim agreement signed on September 28, 1995 stated that members of the Palestine Liberation Organization must not be detained or tried for matters they committed before the Oslo peace accord of September 13, 1993," he said.
"This interim agreement was signed on the U.S. side by President Clinton and his secretary of state, Warren Christopher," Erekat added. There was no immediate Israeli comment on Abbas' arrest by U.S. special forces.
Abbas masterminded the 1985 hijacking of the Achille Lauro cruise ship in the Mediterranean.
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A Servant of Christ,
Drew
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Does this not constitute a "smoking gun" link to terrorism?
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A Servant of Christ,
Drew
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16: And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh..
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Cameron
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As my Mum says, better late than never!
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Why do we care what people think of us when we know what God thinks of us?
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Kindgo
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm.../war_abul_abbas
By JOHN J. LUMPKIN, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - Abul Abbas, the leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner Achille Lauro in 1985, has been captured in Baghdad, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
Abbas was taken by American special operations forces during a raid Monday night on the outskirts of the capital city, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
A number of his associates were also detained during raids at several sites around Baghdad, defense officials said. Commandos also seized documents and weapons.
The man known as Abul Abbas, whose name actually is Mohammed Abbas, led a faction of the Palestine Liberation Front, a Palestinian splinter group. His faction was in Tunisia until the attack on the Achille Lauro, after which it relocated to Iraq.
Abbas had eluded arrest since the Achille Lauro was hijacked as it sailed from Egypt to Israel in October 1985. Elderly American Leon Klinghoffer was shot in his wheelchair and tossed overboard. The hijacking ended with the militants surrendering to Egyptian authorities.
After Egypt put the militants on a plane to Tunisia, U.S. fighters intercepted the plane and forced it to land in Sicily. But Italy allowed Abbas to leave, saying it had insufficient evidence to hold him.
An Italian court later sentenced the militants to prison and Abbas was convicted in absentia of masterminding the operation.
The State Department says Iraq has provided support to Abul Abbas' group.
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God bless,
Kindgo
Inside the will of God there is no failure. Outside the will of God there is no success.
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