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| Jordanian king pardons Japanese journalist | |
| 2003-06-16 | |
AMMAN, SPA — Jordan's King Abdullah II pardoned Monday a Japanese journalist who had been sentenced to 18 months in jail for accidentally killing an airport securityguard by a cluster bomb in his luggage. The official Petra news agency said the king had decreed a "special clemency" for Hiroki Gomi, 36, a photographer with the Japanese daily the Mainichi Shimbun.
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| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #4 I'm looking forward to the Japanese version of "Midnight Express", Jordanian style. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-06-16 16:15:55 |
| #3 Abdullah's probably been farking. "Gomi, I just loved your article on midget schoolgirl masseuses. Because of its hilarity am I able to forgive the unfortunate death of an airport security guard." The Daily Mainichi outdoes any American tabloid. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-06-16 12:19:41 |
| #2 No accident. Lethal mixture of ignorance and stupidity. |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-06-16 12:10:53 |
| #1 Huh? Sooo..I guess the take-away is that, in Jordan, it is ok for a reporter carry a cluster bomb in his luggage and it's even ok if it explodes and kills an airport security guard, as long as it is an accident. |
| Posted by: Becky 2003-06-16 11:06:28 |