Italy Agrees to Take Palestinian Gunmen; Breakthrough at Church of Nativity per Fox News

Fox News | 5/8/02 | Fox News Alert

[browardchad]

Fox News reporting Italy has agreed to take gunmen; Israeli troops appear to be readying evacuation.

[Dog Gone]

MSNBC is reporting they will set up a JAIL INSIDE THE CHURCH!!!!!! for the 13!!!!!!!

More and more, I'm convinced the folks at MSNBC smoke crack. I'll believe this when somebody reliable reports it.

[Revolting cat!]

What about the 57 (!) Muslim countries on this planet? What about the African paradises? Why Italy?

[Dog]

Everybody ....when the last hostage comes out .....all hell will break loose on Arafat and the PA....

Sharon will unleash the dogs of War.....

[browardchad]

MSNBC reporting American and British "troops" will guard the 13 "within the church." I wonder who's going to disarm them. Fox News is trying to avoid the story -- they are probably desparately looking for Whorealdo.

[Dog]

Agree......but notice NO ARAB COUNTRY wanted this scum in their country...where is Saudi Arabia??

[duckbutt]

From your mouth to God's ear Dog, from your mouth to God's ear. Sharon was livid yesterday - - I don't think Arafat is long for this world.....

[Recovering_Democrat]

PMSNBC just reported the Palestinian terrorists will be held under guard in the Church of the Nativity by British and U.S. guards.

What's up with this?? I think we ought to bring this jerks to justice.

[browardchad]

MSNBC says info comes from a "reliable Palestinian source." Also something about the gunmen will eventually be tried in a Pali court -- take it with a grain of salt, I guess.

[epluribus_2]

no one. The kalashnikovs are part of their cultural heritage and therefore must be allowed in consideration to the "guests" dignity and self esteem.

[wheezer]

I'm betting Israel just wants this over with, soon, so that it can go about more important business, and not worry about the Church being burned down.

I agree.

[Tai_Chung]

Flashback

October 1985 - January 1986 Hijacking of cruise ship
Achille Lauro;
Bombing of Rome, Vienna airports

On Oct. 7, 1985, off the coast of Egypt, four gunmen hijacked the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro and demanded the release of Palestinian prisoners in Egypt, Italy, and elsewhere. When the demands weren't met, they killed Leon Klinghoffer, a 69-year-old disabled American tourist. Investigators blamed the Palestine Liberation Front, which some believed to be allied with Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Liberation Organization. Later, U.S. officials were able to link Libya to the PLF and the hijacking.

After the hijackers escaped the Achille Lauro and left Egypt by air, U.S. Navy fighters intercepted their plane and forced it down in Italy. The four hijackers were apprehended, and in 1986, they were found guilty in an Italian court. Two of the hijackers escaped from prison. One, Magid al-Molgi, who confessed to killing Mr. Klinghoffer, was caught and returned to prison. The man identified as the mastermind of the hijacking, Abu Abbas, was released by Italy despite Washington's pleas that he be held for trial.

Then on Dec. 17, 1985, airports in Rome and Vienna were bombed, killing 20 people, five of whom were Americans. This time, U.S. officials said they were able to link Libya to the bombing attacks. In January, U.S. officials decided to send the Navy and its warplanes to patrol the Gulf of Sidra -- in territorial waters claimed by Libya -- in an effort to provoke Qaddafi. The White House warned Qaddafi that any Libyan forces further than 12 miles from shore were subject to attack. (The U.S. and other nations used an international standard, set at only 12 miles from Libya's coast, to mark the country's territorial waters; Qaddafi said that Libya's territorial waters extended more than 100 miles from the coastline.) At this point, the face-off between the U.S. and Libya escalated.

[Semper Paratus]

MSNBC says info comes from a "reliable Palestinian source."

Term oxymoron is being overused but it really fits here.

[epluribus_2]

Look Children! There is the Palestinian Gunman exhibit at this historic site. Don't get too close or feed them, they might nip you.

[B.O. Plenty]

I wonder how much this cost the U.S. taxpayers? Something suddenly convinced the Italians to take the criminals...money talks and bullshit walks, don't you know....

Inquiring minds want to know.

[Truth29]

To add to the confusion, MSNBC is now reporting that the 13 will be held in the church until they can be turned over to a PALESTINIAN court at a later date!!!!

[Tai_Chung]

Something suddenly convinced the Italians to take the criminals...

Maybe they converted to Catholicism while inside the church.

[Dog]

I know its CNN but they are covering a Grateful Dead Auction....they were always good a breaking news....now it's become a daytime Entertainment Today network..