objavljeno sri, 20.12.2006 16:06 | autor: Posjetitelj (Neregistriran) (Neregistriran)

US foiled as hijack 'leader' vanishes Italy releases Palestinian Mohammed Abbas, alleged mastermind behind the Achille Lauro hijack Michael White, Campbell Page and Barney Petrovic Monday October 14, 1985 Guardian Unlimited America's elation at the outcome of the Achille Lauro affair threatened to turn sour last night. Italy let the Palestinian who Washington believes to have masterminded the hijacking go to Yugoslavia, which will probably refuse to extradite him to stand trial in the US. Mohammed Abbas, the veteran Palestinian guerrilla who now leads the Palestine Liberation Front, slipped from Washington's grasp on an Iraqi diplomatic passport. The White House condemned as "astonishing and incomprehensible" the Italian authorities' decision not to hold him along with the four known hijack suspects.

objavljeno sri, 20.12.2006 16:09 | autor: Posjetitelj (Neregistriran) (Neregistriran)

US foiled as hijack 'leader' vanishes Italy releases Palestinian Mohammed Abbas, alleged mastermind behind the Achille Lauro hijack Michael White, Campbell Page and Barney Petrovic Monday October 14, 1985 Guardian Unlimited America's elation at the outcome of the Achille Lauro affair threatened to turn sour last night. Italy let the Palestinian who Washington believes to have masterminded the hijacking go to Yugoslavia, which will probably refuse to extradite him to stand trial in the US. Mohammed Abbas, the veteran Palestinian guerrilla who now leads the Palestine Liberation Front, slipped from Washington's grasp on an Iraqi diplomatic passport. The White House condemned as "astonishing and incomprehensible" the Italian authorities' decision not to hold him along with the four known hijack suspects.