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Gonzales Asked Germany To Hold Hijacker
The Guardian (UK) ^
| 12-21-2005
| Ann Gearan
Posted on 12/21/2005 3:47:19 PM PST by blam
Gonzales Asked Germany to Hold Hijacker
Wednesday December 21, 2005 11:16 PM
By ANNE GEARAN
AP Diplomatic Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales personally asked the German government not to release a terrorist accused of killing a Navy diver, but was rebuffed, the Bush administration said Wednesday.
Mohammed Ali Hamadi was freed on parole by German authorities after serving 19 years of a life sentence for the 1985 hijacking of a TWA plane during which a U.S. Navy diver was killed. The 17-day ordeal riveted the United States and brought Middle East terrorism home for many Americans.
``We did, at senior levels at the U.S. government, contact the German authorities to emphasize that we thought it was important that he serve out his entire term, but we did so with a full understanding that under German law it was highly likely that he was going to be released,'' State Department Sean McCormack said.
A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity because discussions are ongoing, said the United States believes Hamadi was released from temporary custody in Lebanon and has disappeared.
Lebanon is an emerging U.S. ally in the volatile Middle East, with a new democratically elected government and growing diplomatic and economic ties with the West. Lebanon's Syrian-allied president remains in office, however, and the country is still largely defined by sectarian politics.
The United States has no extradition treaty with Lebanon.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: asked; doj; germany; gonzales; hamadi; hijacker; hold; stethem
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"Navy diver Robert Dean Stethem, 23, was killed and his body dumped on the Beirut tarmac." I'll never forget that sight.
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posted on
12/21/2005 3:47:20 PM PST
by
blam
To: blam
Thanks alot germany.So damned annoying.
To: blam
Did the Germans give him a medal before they released him?
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posted on
12/21/2005 3:49:02 PM PST
by
msnimje
(Political Correctness -- An OFFENSIVE attempt not to offend.)
To: blam
Munich all over again. Will we do what the Israelis did when the Krauts let the killers loose?
To: blam
What can you say other than their are ingrates who kiss the rear end of the terrorist.
To: blam
That's the thanks we get for saving their collective butts from the Soviets throughout the Cold War.
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posted on
12/21/2005 3:51:20 PM PST
by
vigilence
To: blam
Germany slapped us in the face here. If it becomes provable that they did this in exchange for the German hostage in Iraq, the perfidy will be complete.
Not liking this at all. I thought things would change after Schroeder was gone.
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posted on
12/21/2005 3:51:20 PM PST
by
Dog Gone
To: blam
If it's not too much trouble, can anyone remind me what, if anything, there is that I can do that would truly annoy the Germans and Germany?
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posted on
12/21/2005 3:51:53 PM PST
by
Publius6961
(The IQ of California voters is about 420........... .............cumulatively)
To: blam
If it's not too much trouble, can anyone remind me what, if anything, there is that I can do that would truly annoy the Germans and Germany?
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posted on
12/21/2005 3:51:54 PM PST
by
Publius6961
(The IQ of California voters is about 420........... .............cumulatively)
To: blam; Bookmaster
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posted on
12/21/2005 3:52:08 PM PST
by
fooman
(Get real with Kim Jung Mentally Ill about proliferation)
To: blam
My dislike of Germany and France grows daily. Just wait until they call for help when the Muslims take them over...
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posted on
12/21/2005 3:53:12 PM PST
by
EagleUSA
To: blam
Hamadi was released from temporary custody in Lebanon and has disappeared. I'm sure he is enjoying a hero's welcome in Syria.
To: blam
damn krauts....I hope we have an extra-judicial unit that can track people like this and make them disappear.
That would please me very much ! and to hell with the hand wringers.
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posted on
12/21/2005 3:55:43 PM PST
by
injin
(To retreat before victory would be an act of recklessness and dishonor, and I will not allow it." W)
To: Publius6961
what there is that I can do that would truly annoy the Germans and Germany?
openly boycott visiting the country , stop buying German beer s and wines and other food products , subject them to MUCH closer scrutiny when they apply for visas to visit the US and deny all US visas to moslems masquerading as German citizens altogether .
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posted on
12/21/2005 3:58:20 PM PST
by
injin
(To retreat before victory would be an act of recklessness and dishonor, and I will not allow it." W)
To: blam
I say we close it. Tell Germany we got a better offer from Poland:
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posted on
12/21/2005 3:59:32 PM PST
by
Michael.SF.
('Only thing worse than a Frenchman is a Frenchman who lives in Canada' - Ted Nugent.)
To: injin
and vacate the US bases there right away instead of in the distant future.... really pull the rug on these forgetful and complacent 'allies' ....
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posted on
12/21/2005 3:59:45 PM PST
by
injin
(To retreat before victory would be an act of recklessness and dishonor, and I will not allow it." W)
To: blam
Time to close some more military bases in Germany.
"F" you and your economy, Krauts.
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posted on
12/21/2005 4:01:41 PM PST
by
infidel29
("We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." --Benjamin Franklin)
To: blam
They've made their choice.
Any and all aid to Germany should be halted. Trade between our nations should be severely restricted, and diplomatic relations should be terse and tense.
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posted on
12/21/2005 4:01:57 PM PST
by
clee1
(We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
Comment #19 Removed by Moderator
To: blam
Andrea Merkel is off to a bad start.
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posted on
12/21/2005 4:04:07 PM PST
by
Buck W.
(Yesterday's Intelligentsia are today's Irrelevantsia.)
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