Unrepentant terror leader to be released in Germany (Min. sentence for 9 murders, 11 attempts)

The Telegraph (U.K.) / Various ^ | November 24, 2008

[Stoat]

Christian Klar, now 56, will walk out of jail after 26 years on January 3 after a court ruling.

The decision comes despite earlier demands that he make an apology for his murderous crimes still not being met.

Klar is portrayed in 'The Baader-Meinhof Complex' which is currently playing in British cinemas.

The movie documents the crimes of the urban terrorists before they took the name RAF and it has been heavily criticised in Germany, particularly by the families of victims, for portraying him and his cohorts as 'cool' and their methods justified.

Klar has shown no repentance for his crimes and last year wrote from behind bars to a Marxist newspaper stating that Europe was ruled by an "imperial pact" and that society must purge its "chauvinistic" forces if it is achieve the "final defeat of capital."

While he made no call to violence, his message was heavily criticised in the German media, prompting Klar to brand the media as "block wardens" – a reference to Nazi neighbourhood spies during the Third Reich.

Klar was one of the leading members of the RAF, the communist guerrilla group that emerged from the 1968 student protest movement and was committed to combating "capitalist imperialism" and rooting former Nazis out of what it considered to be 'morally corrupt' West German society.

Found guilty on nine counts of murder and 11 counts of attempted murder, Klar is one of the longest serving prisoners in liberal Germany.

A total of 34 people were killed by the RAF, mainly members of the West German financial and political establishment.

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[PoliticsAndSausages]

The RAF has disbanded in 98. While there were rumours that a 4th generation has reformed the RAF, 10 years later it is highly improbable that the RAF still exists.

[monday]

“I notice that there's no mention of any of the judges inviting Herr Klar to stay at their homes after his release.”

We can only hope that if he does kill again, he will kill the idiots who released him from prison. They deserve it for putting this murderer's rights ahead of his victims rights.