Germany frees killer of U.S. diver

CNN ^ | 12/20/05 | Correspondent Chris Burns

[Cecily]

No can do. It might upset Stevie Spielberg and his fellow terrorist appeaser, Tony Kushner.

[pepperhead]

Yes I think they will give him what he deserves.

[Smile-n-Win]

There would have been no chance of a extradition to the United States since in your country he would have been threatened by capital punishment. A absolute no-no which is strictly forbidden throughout Europe.

This fact alone is enough to prove that Europe is no ally of America.

[PAR35]

I guess we know what kind of osti Merkel is now.

[Atlantic Bridge]

This fact alone is enough to prove that Europe is no ally of America.

If you think so.

[Redbob]

Haven't we got any operatives in or near Lebanon, perhaps a team of individuals who could be motivated to seek out this murderous thug?

And, no, I wasn't suggesting that he "arrested," except perhaps in the cardiac sense.

[Redbob]

"A Hezbollah militant..."

"Militant?"

Did CNN really use the word "militant" to describe this miserable piece of scheiss?

[Paradox]

Is it really that stupid? When that wall came down millions of socialists were given liberty, which they didn't earn. Thus we have the new "enlightened" Germany.

Yeah, and Emancipation liberated millions of slaves who didn't understand what Freedom was all about, leaving us with an underclass we still have to deal with.

[omega4179]

Bush should pardon several people who murdered europeans in the US.

[minus_273]

yup. millitant, insurgent, freedom fighter all part of the liberal vocabualry.

[tenthirteen]

That European countries do not execute murderers is no surprise. Their temerity in the face of their own demise is predictable and terminal. The United States saved Germany on two ocassions. That was Germany's good fortune. That was also our dire mistake.

I can almost assure you that it will not happen again.

[splint]

my post was removed for a reason only the moderator knows! Let the people read the truth!

[Atlantic Bridge]

I guess we know what kind of osti Merkel is now.

As far as I know there are laws and convictions in Germany that after a certain timespan offenders have to be released if they do not pose a threat to the public. This is probably the reason why he was freed by the country Hessen. Merkel has nothing to do with it.

[headstamp]

Looks like it's time for a little "wet work".

[cgk]

The German government also denied there was any link between Hamadi's release and the freeing of Suzanne Osthoff, a German archaeologist, in Iraq last week.

Riiiiiiight.

[US admirer]

To read about the hero in this story:

http://www.stethem.navy.mil/stethem.asp

[MindBender26]

>The German government denied on Tuesday the release was related to the freeing of a German hostage in Iraq.

B.S.

[Atlantic Bridge]

If you think so.

[rockthecasbah]

Or maybe a wayward drone fired missile will fall on him.

[Alberta's Child]

What's totally ironic about all this criticism leveled at Germany in this case is that the German government basically did something that the U.S. would not have done itself . . . it arrested, tried, and convicted a man in Germany for a crime committed completely outside their legal jurisdiction no matter how you look at it -- since the incident: 1) occurred aboard an American airliner, 2) occurred on a flight that originated in Greece, and 3) culminated at an airport in Beirut, Lebanon.

Of all the nations involved, Germany had the most tenuous connection of all. The only reason they had any interest at all was that the terrorist in question was apprehended in Germany. They tried him for this crime even though under U.S. standards of justice they probably would have had no recourse but to deport him to Lebanon.