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FOX: Terrorist Abu Abbas - CAPTURED in bagdhad!
2003-04-15
Abu Abbas - there's somebody who wants to talk to him......this just in.....
Abu Abbas, head of the Palestine Liberation Front... captured on outskirts of bagdhad.
I hope someone remembered to kick him in the nuts for Mrs. klinghoffer.

Guess Syria really didn't let him in. It'll be nice to mark him as "retired" from the terrorism business. Don't forget to pick up all this minions, though. Dead's better than alive.
Posted by:Frank Martin

#13  ...and who was it that ran the US Attorney Generals Office in the 1990's, what was here name again?, she looked like a wookie,came from florida, cant quite remember her name though....

full link of the info refered to above from the NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/15/international/worldspecial/15CND-ABU.html
Posted by: Frank Martin   2003-04-15 21:15:47  

#12  And they said the war in Iraq would detract from the war on terrorism! hah!
Posted by: RW   2003-04-15 20:44:14  

#11  It's amazing how well I still remember that man Klinghoffer, kicked into the Mediterranean in his wheelchair. That's good news indeed.
Posted by: True German Ally   2003-04-15 20:42:10  

#10  No one else has said it, so I will:
Time to ululate!
Posted by: Baba Yaga   2003-04-15 20:17:11  

#9  Time wounds all heals (tm). Sometimes it justs takes longer.

dorf
Posted by: Anonymous   2003-04-15 19:57:40  

#8  Yay!!!
{Snoopy dance}
Posted by: Chuck   2003-04-15 18:32:03  

#7  [The charges named by Frank] It was dropped in the 1990's, partly because of a statute of limitations and partly because Justice Department officials were not sure that their evidence would stand up in an American court.

WTF??? Not stand up in court? The man committed piracy on the high seas, murdered a defenseless man, and took a couple hundred hostages! This fella could be tried on the piracy case alone based on the following evidence:

Prosecutor (to each witness): Did you see the defendant aboard the Achille Loro with a weapon in his hands?
Witnesses: Yes I did.
Prosecutor: The prosecution rests, your Honor.

And as I recall, there's no statute of limitations on murder. Ditto on piracy.

Acccccckkk! Did the State Department invade and conquer the Department of Justice while we weren't looking?
Posted by: Steve White   2003-04-15 18:23:18  

#6  From NY Times ( on what he is being charged with)

Mr. Abbas faces a life sentence in Italy, and American prosecutors have left open the possibility that a federal indictment for piracy, hostage taking and conspiracy could be revived. It was dropped in the 1990's, partly because of a statute of limitations and partly because Justice Department officials were not sure that their evidence would stand up in an American court.


Gee, I wonder what he'll have to say after 4 days of no sleep.
Posted by: Frank Martin   2003-04-15 18:00:09  

#5  I hope someone remembered to read him his Miranda rights. "You have the right to remain silent as long as you can stand the pain..."
Posted by: Matt   2003-04-15 17:09:06  

#4  Excellent! That's the best news I've heard all day.
Posted by: Scooter McGruder   2003-04-15 16:58:28  

#3  And, since he killed an American citizen - videotaped for all the world to see - he'll be charged with murder. What a concept!

Cool. One by one...
Posted by: PD   2003-04-15 16:56:24  

#2  Sorry Frank, but that report must be wrong. Everyone knows that Iraq under Saddam didn't have a connection to terrorism.
Posted by: Patrick Phillips   2003-04-15 16:48:51  

#1  Already sentenced to 5 lifeterms in Italy.Let them have him and save us a bunch of money.After a liberial dose of giggle juice.
Posted by: raptor   2003-04-16 11:25:29  

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