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From: oleg@birtch.UUCP (Oleg Kiselev x268)
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Subject: Re: State Terrorism (Extradition for What?)
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Date: Wed, 16-Oct-85 21:54:48 EDT
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> > 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.
>
> 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.

I have no love for Arabs in general or Palestinian terrorists in particular.
But isn't it an act of piracy by US to force down a plane over the international
waters? From what I know US had no warrant for the arrest of the hijackers, or
even a firm knowledge of their presence on the plane!

The proper steps would be :
	1) Locate the body of the man killed by hijackers.
	2) prove beyond any reasonable doubt the palestinians had commited a 
	   murder. 
	3) await (and help with) the trial of hijackers by PLO;
	4) petition with Tunisia (?) and PLO for their extradition.

I don't think any of these steps are realisticly possible. And I think the only
thing better than force-landing the Egiptian plane would have been a commando
raid on the ship while it was still in the hands of terrorists. But as it is --
US is in the wrong, and I'd love to hear what the Soviets ar going to say about
all of this!
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