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PAGE 6 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE July 18, 1986 STEVE GREENBERG INSURANCE m '****(» 329-0674 (office) 325-6606 (home) Your independent agent who serves the community. PO Dox 5557 Atlanta GA 30007 dJTO-HOME-HEALTH-GROUP-LIFE-DUSINESS-PERSONAL r v Sail on in to our Champagne Buffet “all you can eat” Sundays 11:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. (champagne after 12:30) Featuring a wide variety of: Beef, Chicken and Fish Entrees Salads, Vegetables Pastries, Desserts and much, much more! QUINN’S MILL “on the lake” 3300 Northlake Pkwy. *934-9180 j Jkrrit Norman, realtors Q. PROUDLY RECOGNIZES SANDY ABRAMS AS A LEADING SALES ASSOCIATE FOR 1985 SANDY SPRINGS OFFICE Honored by the Atlanta Board of REALTORS Million Dollar Club as one of the ‘Top Twenty" agents in 1985, Sandy is also a recipient of the Board’s highest designation, the Phoenix Award. She has been a Broker Associate since January 1979 and holds GRI and CRS designations. She is also associated with many community activities. Sandy Springs Office. Richard Brinkman Vice president 6334 Roswell Road Atlanta. Georgia 30328 (404) 252-7222 or y 800' 241-5284 Klinghoffer daughters irate over verdict in hijack trial by Joseph Polakoff TSI's Washington correspondent WASHINGTON —Whether the United States government will move to locate and prosecute Abu Abbas, the mastermind of the Achille Lauro hijacking, appears to depend on further results in the Italian courts which may take years before com pletion. While expressing both satisfac tion and disappointment with the sentences meted out to the hijackers affiliated with the Palestine Liber ation Front, a branch of the Pales tine Liberation Organization, the State Department noted it would not take legal action against them because “under Italian law, the legal process is not yet complete.” “The defense or the prosecution can file appeals, and it’s my under standing that in Italy a successful prosecution appeal can result in a more severe sentence,” the depart ment’s chief spokesman, Bernard Kalb, said. On the question of U.S. extradi tion, Kalb said, “The U.S. govern ment has reserved its legal right to seek extradition of the hijackers once all Italian legal proceedings, including appeals, are ended.” The department’s statement said: “The Italians conducted a serious investigation and trial. An inde pendent judiciary made its deci sion based on its evaluation of the evidence. The U.S. is pleased that persons reponsible for the death of an American citizen (Leon Kling hoffer) and injury and damages to others have been convicted. We hope these convictions will deter terrorist acts in the future. We note Abu Abbas got a maximum sent ence under Italian law. We regret that the murderer of Leon Kling hoffer was not treated more se verely. The Palestine Liberation Organ ization was jubilant about the re sults of the trial in Genoa while Klinghoffer’s two daughters were outraged by the verdict. The PLO’s spokesman, Ahmed Abdel Rahman, in Tunis said, “The verdict proves the PLO was not involved since Abbas is a declared enemy of the PLO’s leadership.” Judge Lineo Monteverde, who was on the eight-member jury and announced the verdict, told repor ters that the court believed Abbas and two military officials of the PLF staged the piracy on Oct. 7-9, 1983, to “weaken (Yassir) Arafat’s leadership.” This conflicts with a previous PLO claim that Arafat had sen t Abbas to the Achille Lauro to avert bloodshed. Abbas at the time of the hijacking was described as Arafat’s closest PLO associate Italian authorities, and later Yugo slav officials, allowed Abbas to flee from their countries after he had been seized on the Achille Lauro and brought to Italy. Abbas and five followers were convicted of the hijacking of the Italian liner. Abbas and two PLF miliary officials—Ozzudin Badrak- kam and Ziad el Omar—were given life sentences. The hijacker accused of actually killing Klinghoffer, Youssef Magied al-Moloi, recieved 30 years in prison. Five other de fendants received prison terms ranging upward from 15 years. Four others, all tried in absentia, were acquitted. Abbas and the two PLF officials were among 10 tried in absentia. Under Italian law, parole for those convicted can be considered only after they have served half of their sentences. “We are just outraged,” Lisa Klinghoffer said on CBS Morning News for herself and her sister Usa. “Our father’s murderer is going to serve a few years, and then he’ll be out. We were hoping to hear that they would receive life imprison ment and that is not the case. Those who were tried in absentia recieved life imprisonment, but those who were there, who actually did the act, were not given that penalty.” Ilsa said, “The Italian judicial system missed an opportunity to send a clear message to terrorists everywhere that we will no longer tolerate these kinds of acts.” SHECKY GREENE is coming July 26. SAMMY DAVIS JR. is coming Aug. 2 JERRY LEWIS is coming Aug. 9 NELL CARTER is coming Aug. 16 And you? Call Brown’s today and we’ll send you a free color brochure with all the reasons that make our 6-star hotel a heavenly place to vacation. 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