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| Grenade tosser's sentence reduced in Yemen... |
| 2002-09-02 |
| A Yemeni appeals court reduced the sentence Sunday of a man who threw a grenade into the grounds of the U.S. Embassy in March. Amid tight security, the court cut Samir Yahya Awadh's 10-year sentence to seven. No explanation for the ruling was given. A handcuffed Awadh, speaking from behind bars surrounding the court dock, told reporters the verdict was "totally unjust." "Unjust"? You threw a grenade...! "I was in an abnormal state when I did that. I was zealous about the Palestinian cause," he said. Perhaps he can spend the next seven years in jug meditating on the virtues of self-control... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |