well when they were captured they demanded to be POW's and our societies mesaage was - FU your just a mean killer - nothing more ntohing less.
What they got was, what a plain killer gets. She was a young girl when she went into prison and is now 58 years old.
If you think that you have to criticise the german society for they did not hang them high I can only say that I am proud on our courts.
At least we live in a republic now and our president cannot hijack, kill and torture people at will like the gestapo did in our dark times.
She already had been arrested before, then broke parole, was one of the leaders of this terrorist group, was involved personally in four murders and a kidnapping and today feels neither guilt or remorse for her actions. She is sane; her actions were premeditated, and politically motivated. She was no young girl but a middle aged adult in her late 20s and early 30s when she was involved in many of these acts.
Stop regurgitating "Der Spiegel" and their rationalization of why releasing such a person is justified, it's not.
Freiheit gleicht nicht Verantwortungslosigkeit.
Demokratie gleicht nicht Anarchie.
Recht bedeutet nicht das Täter zu Opfer gemacht werden und die Opfer zu Täter. Kritisch zu Denken heißt nicht immer die Welt auf dem Kopf zu stellen.
Man haette diese Person haengen sollen. Zur Zeit wo man sie einsperrte hieß es "Nie wieder kommt sie raus!" Nie wieder hieß das man im Balkan zu spät Eingriff, oder das Terroristen frei kommen. Nie wieder heißt vieles, außer was es wirklich heißen soll. Was hat man wirklich von der Geschichte gelehrnt?
In Iraq it is no different. Every terrorist considers himself a soldier, but they by no definition meet the requirements of such. Under no national flag, an informal leadership structure, not abiding to international conventions (in a vacuum of any legal authority or guidance), no uniform or identifying mark signifying them as a combatant these people go out to maximize collateral damage while hiding in the masses. They are everything a soldier is not. If you as a soldier take off your uniform and are caught by the enemy, they have every right to execute you, which was common practice by all sides throughout WWII. The argument that RAF terrorists are POW is just as absurd as those who want POW status for those at GITMO. Who cares how they want to see themselves. They can see themselves however they want, they still deserve to dangle (I’m an advocate of hanging):
http://www.army.mil/usapa/epubs/pdf/r190_55.pdf
http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/hanging2.html#table
This is what you do with terrorists:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_McVeigh