[Culturechat] Can't believe this

[Vance Roy]

Ever hear of Hussein Hariri? Well, if I ever did, I have forgotten it. 
This Lebanese man has resided in prison in CH since February of 1989. 
He hijacked an Air Afrique plane in 1987, killed a passenger, and 
seriously wounded a flight attendant. he was sentenced to life 
imprisonment. In 1992, he and four others overpowered a guard and 
escaped in a truck. he was recaptured in a week. On 8 Sep., 2002, he 
failed to return after being given a weekend pass in preparation for 
his parole. Last week he was recaptured in Morocco. Now the Swiss are 
seeking his extradition.

Any of that strike you a bit odd? A murderer, in for life, a previous 
escapee, and now he jumps ship after a weekend pass? He got the pass in 
preparation for his PAROLE in 2004! Something is rotten in CH as well 
as Denmark in my opinion. There is a bit more to add. He has testified 
that he was a "Soldier of God", and he refused to talk about possible 
Hezbollah connections. He was tried in Kanton Geneva and imprisoned in 
Kanton Waddt, both in the liberal thinking French part of CH. I don't 
know, but I suspect that may have been a factor.

This sounds like something that could happen in the USA, not CH. Oh, 
one more thing, the police suspect that he had accomplices to help him 
escape. Duh?

Vance Roy
gigli.saw@dplanet.ch
http://homepage.mac.com/fredch