[SJackson]

It went something like this: Given that Abu Abbas has committed no terrorist acts for many years and has renounced terrorism, why are we arresting him now?

Only if you give him a pass on recent events like the following

+The murder of Jerusalem teenager Yuri Gushchin in Ramallah in July 2001
+The bombing of a checkpoint junction in Haifa which injured five
+The planting of a bomb near Um Safa
+The attempted bombing of a military bus near Jenin
+A conspiracy to carry out attacks at Ben Gurion Airport and in Tel-Aviv

[Grampa Dave]

Start giving Abu Abbas IV Versed and Morphine. Then have a video cam on to record his answers to questions that Americans and Israelis have for this killer!

Then arrest or kill all of the contacts Abu Abbas talks about. Repeat the IV Versed and Morphine on those arrested and ask the good questions again re who was/is responsible for Islamofascist/Kazi terrorist acts in Israel and around the World.

[bert]

Which is to say, The speculation about charges or guilt in relation to the Klinghoffer murder might be irelevant if there are plenty of other possible charges. The press is very nearsighted and unable to see the big picture.

[shhrubbery!]

Yes. I was flabbergasted at the ignorance and/or arrogance of that question -- even more than I usually am at the questions from that crowd. It was posed by Paul Adams of the BBC.

See post #8 for the actual wording from the transcript. It is even more outrageous than I'd remembered.

[DBtoo]

I am SO glad they caught this man. What happened to Leon Klinghoffer was one of the cruelest things I'd ever heard of; it bothered me for ages, like the Daniel Pearl incident. Even if he did it 70 years ago and nothing else, he should be severely punished. I do hope through him they find more evidence on Arafat. They are a bunch of cold-blooded psychopaths and should be put down like the rabid dogs they are.

I always felt so bad for the Klinghoffer family. What a horrible thing to happen to your father or husband or grand-dad of which he probably was all these things and more. Some crimes such as these you never forget.