U.S. convicts (Syrian Arab) "Prince of Marbella" of arms deal

reuters ^ | 11,21,08

[PRePublic]

U.S. convicts "Prince of Marbella" of arms deal Thu Nov 20, 2008 1:17pm EST By Edith Honan

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. federal jury convicted a Syrian arms dealer and a co-defendant on Thursday of conspiring to sell $1 million in weapons...Monzer al-Kassar, 62, a longtime resident of Spain known as the "Prince of Marbella" for his lifestyle in the glitzy seaside town... Kassar has been selling weapons since the 1970s to the Palestinian Liberation Front and clients in Nicaragua, Bosnia, Croatia, Iran, Iraq and Somalia.
In 1995, Kassar was tried and acquitted of supplying arms that were used in the 1985 hijacking of the Achille Lauro cruise ship of the coast of Egypt. That resulted in the death of a wheelchair-bound Jewish-American, Leon Klinghoffer.
Klinghoffer's two daughters, who sat through Kassar's trial in New York, told reporters they felt vindicated by the verdict.
"Even though this case was not about the Achille Lauro, I wanted everyone there to know that my father was in the courtroom," Lisa Klinghoffer said.
(Additional reporting by Grant McCool; Editing by Daniel Trotta and Anthony Boadle)

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE4AJ79J20081120

[sheik yerbouty]

Put him on a ship and make him walk the plank..

[PRePublic]

Put him on a ship and make him walk the plank..

Or... CIA shall give him over to Syrian "intelligence" who are famous in treating prisoners... not in a mild torture water boarding style....

[SolidWood]

What are the odds that Syrian Intelligence will funnel him to Iraq or Lebanon to wreak havoc?

[PRePublic]

If the CIA won’t pay “enough” for the greedy Arab tyrans on Damascus..., these odds are very high.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks PRePublic.

Kassar has been selling weapons since the 1970s to the Palestinian Liberation Front and clients in Nicaragua, Bosnia, Croatia, Iran, Iraq and Somalia. In 1995, Kassar was tried and acquitted of supplying arms that were used in the 1985 hijacking of the Achille Lauro cruise ship of the coast of Egypt. That resulted in the death of a wheelchair-bound Jewish-American, Leon Klinghoffer.

[piasa]

Barack Obama to stay in Marbella [August vacation in Spain]
7/25/2010, 11:53:19 PM · by 2ndDivisionVet · 70 replies · 2+ views
Typically Spanish ^ | July 25, 2010
The United States President will spend four days of his holiday in the town with his family during August The President of the United States, Barack Obama, his wife Michelle, and their daughters Malia and Sasha, will spend part of their summer holidays in Marbella. In what will be his first visit to Spain as President, he will stay from August 4 – 8 in the luxury Villapadierna Hotel. Before returning to the United States, Obama will travel to the Marivent Palace on Mallorca to meet with King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia. He’s also expected to meet with the...