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| Lebanon frees man jailed in diplomat's slaying |
| 2009-07-14 |
| Lebanon on Monday freed a Palestinian who had served 15 years of a life sentence for the murder of a Jordanian diplomat after he was granted a presidential pardon amid appeals for clemency from human rights watchdogs. I have it on good authority that they're gonna let the diplomat off from being dead, too. Yussef Shaaban had been convicted of the 1994 murder in the heart of Beirut of embassy first secretary Naeb Omran al-Maatiyeh. Two Jordanians were also found guilty of the crime and executed in 2002 and 2003 respectively. Dozens of Palestinians gave Shaaban a hero's welcome at his home in the Burj al-Barajneh refugee camp in south Beirut. Well-wishers carried the former prisoner on their shoulders and waved Lebanese and Palestinian flags, an AFP correspondent reported. They just love their murderers. |
| Posted by:Fred |