I almost drove off the road hearing the news last evening on my way home from work:

TWA Hijacker Released From German Prison

This morning brought the reaction:

Hijacker's release angers U.S., slain man's family

I posted about the hijacking of TWA flight 847 on that grim anniversary in June. And unfortunately, I am now posting about the release of Mohammed Ali Hamadi, one of the murderers in that horrible hijacking. He had served only 19 years of his life sentence. Robert Dean Stethem will get no parole for his life sentence.

The U.S. is attempting to have Lebanon turn him over, but there is no extradition treaty with that country.

On the second day of the seizure, the hijackers beat and shot to death Stethem, 23, of Waldorf, Md., and dumped his body onto the runway in Beirut.

Witnesses later identified Hamadi as having beaten the tied-up Stethem. According to testimony at Hamadi's trial, when Stethem complained about his bonds, Hamadi responded: "Let the pig suffer."

My Two Cents? We MUST bring this murderer to the justice the German court system refused to enforce. The U.S. should use all resources at its disposal to see that Hamadi's celebration of his freedom is short-lived, and that Robert Dean Stethem and his family are granted justice.

So blog, contact your legislators - do whatever it takes to ensure that Hamadi gets exactly the same amount of mercy shown to Stethem - NONE.

Labels: GWOT, opinion, terrorism, TWA Flight 847