Germany Releases Hezbollah Hijacker Wanted by US

[Jon8503]

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Hamadi was among gunmen who hijacked the TWA flight in Beirut in June 1985
Germany has quietly released a jailed Hezbollah member wanted by the US for killing an American Navy diver. The timing -- just days after the freeing of a German hostage in Iraq -- has raised uncomfortable questions.

Apparently ignoring Washington's extradition request for Mohammed Ali Hamadi, German authorities have secretly released the Lebanese Hezbollah member who was serving a life sentence in the country for the hijacking of a TWA jet and for the murder of a US navy diver.

German prosecutors confirmed the release of Mohammed Ali Hamadi, now in his late 30s, to the Associated Press and said he was flown back to Lebanon last week.

Hamadi was convicted in 1989 by a German court of killing US Navy diver

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1829531,00.html

[Bike Punk]

1. As the article states...

"CONVICTED..." therfore, he served his 20 years, and is set free. no life imprisonment, no death sentence. Even in America™ you can't be tried twice for the same crime.

As for the timing, maybe coincidence, maybe not. The hostage who was being held has all but renounced her German citizenship, married an Iraqi man, and lived over there for a hell of a long time doing archaeological research.