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From: baba@spar.UUCP (Baba ROM DOS)
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Subject: Re: State Terrorism (Extradition for What?)
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Date: Sun, 13-Oct-85 03:00:56 EDT
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> Does not the act of forcing the aircraft to fly to Sicily qualify as
> an act of "state terrorism" by the US Government?  By the US legal
> system, these people were guilty of NO crimes, yet were adbucted
> without the due process of the law being followed.

If the U.S. navy assisted the Italian government in capturing the
hijackers of "their" cruise ship, I think that's perfectly within
the bounds of international law.  If the murder was comitted on an
Italian vessel on the high seas, the culprits should be tried under
Italian law.  If it happened within the territorial waters of some
other country, I suppose that country could argue for the right to
try them under local law.  But I don't understand what legal basis 
Mr. Reagan could have for extradition of the hijackers to the U.S.

					Baba