Mohammad Ali Hamadi
Navy diver's killer held in Beirut
By Nicholas Kralev and Gary Emerling
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
December 21, 2005
EXCERPT
Mohammad Ali Hamadi - A member of the Hezbollah guerrilla group, received a life sentence in Germany for hijacking a TWA plane to Beirut and fatally shooting Waldorf, Md., native Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert Dean Stethem, but was paroled after 18 years and freed on Thursday. Just to see him free slays us," said Richard Stethem, father of the seaman whose beaten body was thrown onto a Beirut runway in 1985.
The United States, which has been seeking Hamadi's extradition since his 1987 capture in Frankfurt, privately expressed anger at his early release, but officials said they were determined to "get our hands on him." A life sentence in Germany ranges between 20 and 25 years, with the possibility of parole after 15 years. Hamadi, now 41, was convicted in 1989, and the two years served prior to that were deemed part of his sentence. Washington approached the authorities in Beirut, where Petty Officer Stethem's murder occurred and where Hamadi arrived on Friday. Hamadi was in "temporary custody" in Lebanon. Kenneth Stethem, the petty officer's older brother, called the release "absolute injustice,"
By Nicholas Kralev and Gary Emerling
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
December 21, 2005
EXCERPT
Mohammad Ali Hamadi - A member of the Hezbollah guerrilla group, received a life sentence in Germany for hijacking a TWA plane to Beirut and fatally shooting Waldorf, Md., native Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert Dean Stethem, but was paroled after 18 years and freed on Thursday. Just to see him free slays us," said Richard Stethem, father of the seaman whose beaten body was thrown onto a Beirut runway in 1985.
The United States, which has been seeking Hamadi's extradition since his 1987 capture in Frankfurt, privately expressed anger at his early release, but officials said they were determined to "get our hands on him." A life sentence in Germany ranges between 20 and 25 years, with the possibility of parole after 15 years. Hamadi, now 41, was convicted in 1989, and the two years served prior to that were deemed part of his sentence. Washington approached the authorities in Beirut, where Petty Officer Stethem's murder occurred and where Hamadi arrived on Friday. Hamadi was in "temporary custody" in Lebanon. Kenneth Stethem, the petty officer's older brother, called the release "absolute injustice,"
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