'Mastermind' of 1982 Jewish cafe attack in Paris arrested in Jordan

[Eugene]

Source: Agence France-Presse

'Mastermind' of 1982 Jewish cafe attack in Paris arrested in Jordan

High-ranking member of Palestinian militant group, who went by name of Amjad
Atta, held over lethal raid on Chez Jo Goldenberg in which six died

Agence France-Presse in Paris
Wednesday 17 June 2015 18.23 BST

The suspected chief orchestrator of the attack on a Jewish restaurant in Paris in 1982, which left six people dead and 22 injured, has been arrested in Jordan and bailed.

Official sources said Zuhair Mohamad Hassan Khalid al-Abassi, AKA Amjad Atta, was arrested on 1 June under an international arrest warrant.

“A court imposed a travel ban pending a decision on whether he will be extradited,” an official source said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Another source, in the security services, said the 62-year-old suspect was freed on bail.

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Abassi was one of three men for whom France issued an international arrest warrant earlier this year. Overall, between three and five men are thought to have taken part in the attack, which was blamed on the Abu Nidal Organisation, a Palestinian militant group.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/17/mastermind-1982-jewish-cafe-attack-paris-arrested-jordan-amjad-atta

[Warpy]

1. Murdering a bunch of peaceful people sipping coffee doesn't require a mastermind

it just requires a fucking coward who gets a bunch of other fucking cowards to back him up.

[Agnosticsherbet]

2. In every atrocity there is always a mastermind.

[Warpy]

3. Or a sociopathic thrill killer hiding behind politics or religion

and I suspect that's what this bastard is.

Knocking over Fort Knox requires a mastermind. This was just ordinary slaughter requiring no sort of mind save a diseased one.

[Agnosticsherbet]

5. Sociopaths and true believers are often very good at convincing a group to follow along.

That is what makes them masterminds.

Considering they got away with that atrocity and lived long lives, he was certainly able to plan a get away.

[Jefferson23]

4. Bailed? After all this time the guy is arrested and he gets bail? What am I missing here. n/t

[King_David]

6. Very strange

[azurnoir]

7. Perhaps because neither Norway nor Israel has seen fit to arrest the other 2 suspects

The other two main suspects in the 1982 attack have been named as Mahmoud Khader Abed Adra, AKA Hicham Harb, who lives in Ramallah in the West Bank, and Walid Abdulrahman Abu Zayed, AKA Souhail Othman, a resident of Norway.

why beggars the question why haven't they been arrested?

[Jefferson23]

8. Good question..thanks. n/t

[King_David]

9. Palestinian Is Detained in ’82 Attack on Paris Jewish Restaurant

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/06/18/world/europe/palestinian-arrested-in-jordan-in-chez-jo-goldenberg-attack.html?_r=0&referrer=