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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Rage grows over Samaha sentence: 'it legalizes terrorism'
2015-05-15
[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Lebanese political figures expressed outrage for a second day Thursday at what they felt was a soft sentence handed down to former Information Minister Michel Samaha over transporting explosives, with MP Walid Wally Jumblat
... Druze politician, head of the Progressive Socialist Party, who's been on every side in Leb at least four times. He'll sell you his friends for a dollar, but family comes higher because of shipping and handling...
 saying it "legalizes terrorism."

The military court Wednesday sentenced Samaha, who was being tried on terror charges, to four-and-a-half judicial years in prison. Given that he had been in jug since 2012, the ex-minister will be set for release in December. A judicial year is equal to nine months.
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