Friday, December 23, 2005
Washington Times: Diver's killer set free in Lebanon
The Lebanese government criticized Washington's request to hand over Mohammad Ali Hamadi, saying the militant already had served a prison sentence for the 1985 murder of Robert Dean Stethem of Waldorf, Md.
Hamadi, a member of the Hezbollah guerrilla group, was taken into custody upon returning to Lebanon after his release from a German prison Thursday. He had served 18 years for hijacking a TWA plane to Beirut and fatally shooting Petty Officer 2nd Class Stethem, who was 23 when he was killed.
"What I can assure anybody who's listening, including Mr. Hamadi, is that we will track him down, we will find him, and we will bring him to justice in the United States for what he's done," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said...
Yeah, Sean we buy that bullshit. At least say it for the family's sake, nice touch.
State is glad and not surprised of course that Lebanon didn't and of course couldn't extradite him... puhhhlease.....
If anyone's read Totten you know that entering Hezbollahland is like entering a police state worse than most police states.
And he's always got Syria if he gets a little nervous as well.