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Prosecutors appeal ruling to free Georges Ibrahim Abdallah serving life sentence for 1982 killing of US military attaché Charles Robert Ray and Israeli diplomat Yacov Barsimantov PARIS — A French court on Friday ordered the release of pro-Palestinian Lebanese terrorist Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, jailed for 40 years for the 1982 killings of two foreign diplomats, prosecutors said. The court said Abdallah, first detained in 1984 and convicted in 1987 over the murders, would be released on December 6 provided he leaves France, French anti-terror prosecutors said in a statement to AFP, adding that they would appeal. “In (a) decision dated...

It's being tweeted that the Iranian Amb to Norway has resigned and is seeking asylum in Oslo. So far I have not seen it in the MSM. It's beeing tweeted that it is been published in a Norwegian paper. Anyone read the language? Things must be gettin real bad if Ambassadors are cutting and running, as one person posted.

SNIPPET: "Search at Grundy County plant called part of ongoing probe" SNIPPET: "But a source said the owner of the plant, which processes lamb and goat, was taken into custody at his home in Chicago. Documents and records were taken from the plant and from a Chicago travel agency on West Devon Avenue, also owned by the same person, the source said."

Nov. 20, 2003 British Ambassador: "My family and I will be staying in Israel" By JPOST.COM STAFF British Ambassador Simon Macdonald said Thursday night that the British Foreign Office had issued him with new security instructions following today's attack on British targets in Istanbul. At least 27 people were killed at over 450 wounded in double suicide truck bombings Thursday morning in a busy commercial center on northern Istanbul. British Consul-General Roger Short was one of sixteen killed in the attack on the British Consulate. The attacks were timed to coincide with US President George W. Bush's visit to England,...

British consul general killed in bomb blast at Istanbul consulate, diplomatic sources say. Details soon