Posted on 09/21/2019 12:53:17 PM PDT by Morgana
FULL TITLE: Greek police arrest man accused of brutal killing of US Navy diver whose body was dumped on Beirut airport tarmac during 17-day hijacking of TWA flight 847 in 1985
A Lebanese man accused of involvement in the hijacking of a TWA plane and the murder of a US navy diver has been arrested in Greece, police said on Saturday.
The 65-year-old was spotted by policemen in the island of Mykonos and detained on Thursday, a statement said.
Greek authorities said there was a European arrest warrant issued by Germany for the hijacking as well as a kidnapping committed in 1987.
Greek media said he was involved in June 14, 1985 hijacking of TWA Flight 847 and the murder of an American passenger.
He was also wanted in connection with a 1987 kidnapping crime, possibly related to his release in return for the freeing of two German citizens held hostage by his accomplices in Lebanon, the source said.
The TWA 847 flight from Cairo to San Diego with stops in Athens, Rome, Boston, and Los Angeles was hijacked shortly after taking off from Athens in 1985.
The hijackers demanded the release of Shi'ite Muslim prisoners from Israeli custody.
Those on board endured a three-day intercontinental ordeal with TWA pilot John Testrake being forced to crisscross the Mediterranean with his 153 passengers and crew members, from Beirut to Algiers and back again, landing in Beirut three times before he was finally allowed to stop.
Some passengers were beaten and a U.S. Navy diver, Robert Strethem who was on board the aircraft was beaten and murdered. Dozens of passengers were held hostage over the following two weeks. In all, the hijack lasted some 17 days.
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“On June 15, 1985 during the first stop in Beirut, 23-year-old Stethem of Waldorf, Maryland, was severely beaten by Hamadei and his accomplice and shot point blank in the head.”
Maryland ping
I was flying in and out of Egypt in the 80s...I remember this well. I started my personal hatred for Germans then. Many more incidents since then have just added to my feelings.
I remember when this happened. I worked with a federal agent out of Norfolk. The agent was a member of the Salvation Army and Stethem had joined only a week before he was murdered.
The Salvation Army provided his funeral.
I remember when this happened. I worked with a federal agent out of Norfolk. The agent was a member of the Salvation Army and Stethem had joined only a week before he was murdered.
The Salvation Army provided his funeral.
Should have hung the hijackers and the prisoners they wanted freed.
Put him in a room with a few SEALS
Hezbollah, i.e. Iran. When the order comes through to bomb Iran - a lot of long overdue payback will finally have been delivered.
WTF Iran has never been dealt with EXCEPT to basically give them the means to produce Nukes while they murder,target,terrorize,cause widespread horror in the world especially to Americans is beyond me.
Yeah, the rats encourage muzzie terror and the pubbies don’t care.
Just keep voting.
Whatever the cause of the delay, good police work on whoever was still hunting this muzzie scum. Now put him down like the dog that he is.
The Democrats will have him smuggled in over here. He is the type they cater to.
Why do you hate Germans?
I served 17 straight 12-hour shift days in the Pentagon’s Intelligence Command post over this. I got a call that Friday night, to be in uniform at the Pentagon at 22:00.
Not to be a whiner, but after day five I did ask the Colonel in charge when I would get a day off.
He said, “When it’s over and the hostages are released.”
I replied, “But Sir, the Iranians kept the hostages for 444* days!”
He said, “Well, Sergeant, you better hope this one doesn’t last as long.”
I did laugh. It was cruel, but clever.
The hostages were freed two weeks later.
Still, to this day, I’ve wanted these Muslim bastards hanged. How they were forgotten about over the years used to piss me off.
Glad to hear this, but I want to see the Greeks turn him over to us so we can execute him.
*Remember when Ted Koppel used to count the days? That’s how I knew.
He was foolish to leave Lebanon for Greece.
I agree
Bttt.
5.56mm
Payback is a dish best served cold.
The idea’s origin is obscure. The French diplomat Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754–1838) has been credited with the saying, “La vengeance est un met que l’on doit manger froid”
“Revenge is a dish that must be eaten cold”
WIKI
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