PFLP leader sentenced
Published by Avi Green on Thursday, December 25, 2008 at 3:35 PM.
Ahmed Saadat, a prominent leader of the Marxist PFLP, has been sent to prison for three decades:
(IsraelNN.com) Ahmed Saadat, leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist organization, was sentenced on Thursday by an IDF military court to 30 years in prison for a series of security offenses. Saadat was ringleader of the PFLP at the time of the assassination of Tourism Minister and nationalist leader Rechavam Ze'evi in 2001.We can learn two things from this: Abbas is as evil as always, and Hamas wants him in exchange for a man whom I doubt they really want to release.
Saadat was convicted of holding a leadership position in a terrorist organization, incitement to murder and related crimes. Military legal sources explained that as head of the PFLP, Saadat is responsible for the organization's terrorist acts. However, Saadat was not charged with the Ze'evi assassination because, as the Justice Ministry explained, a pre-trial inquiry "did not produce enough proof" to try him for that specific crime. The PFLP leader refused to cooperate with the court.
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas denounced the decision as "unfair and without any legal basis." Speaking in Ramallah, Abu Mazen said, "We will continue to demand freedom for the release of Saadat and all our heroes in Israeli jails." Saadat is also on the list of terrorists whom Hamas demands in its negotiations for the release of kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit.
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