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ovidsen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-20-05 10:01 AM
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TWA Hijacker (killed US Navy diver) Released from German Prison
AP via Washington Post:

TWA Hijacker Released From German Prison

The Associated Press
Tuesday, December 20, 2005; 8:51 AM

BERLIN -- A Lebanese man serving a life sentence for the 1985 hijacking of a TWA jetliner and killing of a U.S. Navy diver has been paroled after 19 years, a law enforcement official said Tuesday.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/20/AR2005122000355.html

Dead man walking.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-20-05 10:09 AM
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1. One can only hope.
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-20-05 10:28 AM
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2. 19 isn't enough. I hope someone finds a way... eom
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Kingshakabobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-20-05 10:32 AM
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3. Something stinks about this story.
A German hostage just released and no extradition request from th US??

I bet he renounced all terrorism as well...riiiiiight.
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Cessna Invesco Palin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-20-05 10:37 AM
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4. Ah, the sweet smell of freedom.
Welcome to the European legal system.
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ovidsen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-20-05 10:41 AM
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5. Update- traded for a German hostage in Iraq?
From Reuters, courtesy of Yahoo:

Hammadi's release occurred shortly before German hostage Susanne Osthoff was freed in
Iraq. The archaeologist had disappeared on November 25. Germany said on Sunday she was in safe custody. She has made no public statement since.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051220/wl_nm/lebanon_germany_prisoner_dc

The plot thickens.
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MrPrax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-20-05 11:32 AM
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6. 19 years is more than enough...
Life in prison is usually 20 years in many countries, like Canada, anyway and if it was prisoner swap all the better.

Win-win...
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