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2003-04-15 Iraq

FOX: Terrorist Abu Abbas - CAPTURED in bagdhad!

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Posted by Frank Martin 2003-04-15 04:42 pm|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Already sentenced to 5 lifeterms in Italy.Let them have him and save us a bunch of money.After a liberial dose of giggle juice.

Posted by raptor 2003-04-16 11:25:29|| 2003-04-16 11:25:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Sorry Frank, but that report must be wrong. Everyone knows that Iraq under Saddam didn't have a connection to terrorism.

Posted by Patrick Phillips 2003-04-15 16:48:51|| 2003-04-15 16:48:51|| Front Page Top

#3 And, since he killed an American citizen - videotaped for all the world to see - he'll be charged with murder. What a concept!

Cool. One by one...

Posted by PD 2003-04-15 16:56:24|| 2003-04-15 16:56:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Excellent! That's the best news I've heard all day.

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2003-04-15 16:58:28|| 2003-04-15 16:58:28|| Front Page Top

#5 I hope someone remembered to read him his Miranda rights. "You have the right to remain silent as long as you can stand the pain..."

Posted by Matt 2003-04-15 17:09:06|| 2003-04-15 17:09:06|| Front Page Top

#6 From NY Times ( on what he is being charged with)

Mr. Abbas faces a life sentence in Italy, and American prosecutors have left open the possibility that a federal indictment for piracy, hostage taking and conspiracy could be revived. It was dropped in the 1990's, partly because of a statute of limitations and partly because Justice Department officials were not sure that their evidence would stand up in an American court.

Gee, I wonder what he'll have to say after 4 days of no sleep.

Posted by Frank Martin 2003-04-15 18:00:09|| [varifrank.blogspot.com] 2003-04-15 18:00:09|| Front Page Top

#7 [The charges named by Frank] It was dropped in the 1990's, partly because of a statute of limitations and partly because Justice Department officials were not sure that their evidence would stand up in an American court.

WTF??? Not stand up in court? The man committed piracy on the high seas, murdered a defenseless man, and took a couple hundred hostages! This fella could be tried on the piracy case alone based on the following evidence:

Prosecutor (to each witness): Did you see the defendant aboard the Achille Loro with a weapon in his hands?
Witnesses: Yes I did.
Prosecutor: The prosecution rests, your Honor.

And as I recall, there's no statute of limitations on murder. Ditto on piracy.

Acccccckkk! Did the State Department invade and conquer the Department of Justice while we weren't looking?

Posted by Steve White 2003-04-15 18:23:18|| 2003-04-15 18:23:18|| Front Page Top

#8 Yay!!!
{Snoopy dance}

Posted by Chuck 2003-04-15 18:32:03|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-04-15 18:32:03|| Front Page Top

#9 Time wounds all heals (tm). Sometimes it justs takes longer.

dorf

Posted by Anonymous 2003-04-15 19:57:40|| 2003-04-15 19:57:40|| Front Page Top

#10 No one else has said it, so I will:
Time to ululate!

Posted by Baba Yaga 2003-04-15 20:17:11|| 2003-04-15 20:17:11|| Front Page Top

#11 It's amazing how well I still remember that man Klinghoffer, kicked into the Mediterranean in his wheelchair. That's good news indeed.

Posted by True German Ally 2003-04-15 20:42:10|| 2003-04-15 20:42:10|| Front Page Top

#12 And they said the war in Iraq would detract from the war on terrorism! hah!

Posted by RW 2003-04-15 20:44:14|| 2003-04-15 20:44:14|| Front Page Top

#13 ...and who was it that ran the US Attorney Generals Office in the 1990's, what was here name again?, she looked like a wookie,came from florida, cant quite remember her name though....

full link of the info refered to above from the NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/15/international/worldspecial/15CND-ABU.html

Posted by Frank Martin 2003-04-15 21:15:47|| [varifrank.blogspot.com] 2003-04-15 21:15:47|| Front Page Top

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