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| US steps up effort to catch Paleo bomb suspect |
| 2009-11-28 |
| [Ma'an] The US State Department has authorized a reward of up to five million US dollars for information leading to the arrest of a Palestinian accused of attacks on Americans. According to a statement from the US ministry, Husayn Muhammed Al-Umari, also known as Abu Ibrahim, is wanted for his alleged involvement in the 1982 bombing of Pan-Am Flight 830, which resulted in the death of a teenage passenger. US authorities allege Al-Umari is a bomb-making expert and former leader of the 15 May organization. He is alleged to have designed and built the explosive device which detonated while the plane was en route from Narita, Japan to Honolulu, Hawaii on 11 August 1982. Al-Umari, an elderly man born in Jaffa, Palestine in 1936, was among three indicted over the bombing. He has been indicted by the Government of France for his alleged role in the 1985 bombing of the Marks and Spencer Department store in Paris and the Leumi Bank. "He reportedly travels at all times with a firearm and should be considered armed and dangerous," the State Department said. The FBI has also placed Al-Umari on its "Most Wanted Terrorists" list, the statement added. Efforts were stepped up recently as the FBI's original 200,000-dollar reward was not enough to get someone to turn on him, according to The Associated Press. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 US State Department has authorized a reward of up to five million US dollars for information leading to the arrest of a Palestinian accused of attacks on Americans Nobody told him he's only allowed to kill Jews? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-11-28 14:02 |