Abu Abbas Captured
Fox News and other news sources are reporting that the Palestinian guerrilla leader Abu Abbas is in U.S. custody in Baghdad.
Abbas is[was] the leader of the Palestinian Liberation Front, which hijacked the Achille Lauro in the Mediterranean in 1985. The hijacking ended with the death of one American.
What was it about Iraq not be connected with terrorists?
UPDATE: Fox News now has the story online. Also at MSNBC and BBC.
Another Update: The Boston Globe has more on the history of Abu Abbas.
Posted by Chris Short at April 15, 2003 06:06 PM
