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http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/hijackers/lavatory.htm

Story of the hijack by the half-brother. The Cubans were “really friendly” (oh brother). This LaBeet got ten years in Cuba jail, which means he was out by ‘96.

792 posted on 09/13/2007 9:20:34 PM PDT by khnyny (Winston Groom, author of Forrest Gump, learned the hard way: get percentage of the gross)

793 posted on 09/13/2007 9:22:28 PM PDT by RDTF (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, but Democrats believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)

794 posted on 09/13/2007 9:23:05 PM PDT by RDTF (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, but Democrats believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)

interesting:

http://www.pulitzer.org/year/1995/public-service/works/16lethal.html

Tourists everywhere associated the Virgin Islands with the machine-gun wielding LaBeet — now called Ismail Ali — a decorated but psychotic Vietnam War veteran.

But what few people know is that the machine gun in his hand in that bloody rampage did not come from an illegal gun dealer, nor was it smuggled into the territory.

It came from the St. Croix police property room.

Who took the gun — one of two kept for special police work — and gave it to Ali?

Police say it was one of their own. They believe lax security in the property room allowed a St. Croix cop to walk off, unnoticed, with the 30-inch-long, 5-pound weapon.

801 posted on 09/13/2007 9:30:05 PM PDT by RDTF (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, but Democrats believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)

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