CNN.com - Mastermind of Achille Lauro hijacking arrested in Iraq - Apr. 15, 2003 Mastermind of Achille Lauro hijacking arrested in Iraq
From David Ensor
CNN
Tuesday, April 15, 2003 Posted: 7:22 PM EDT (2322 GMT)
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Abu Abbas, the Palestinian terrorist who masterminded the 1985 hijacking of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro in the Mediterranean Sea, has been arrested by U.S. personnel in Iraq.
Abbas was arrested about 50 miles west of Baghdad after being turned away from Iraq's border with Syria, a Palestinian source told CNN.
From David Ensor
CNN
Tuesday, April 15, 2003 Posted: 7:22 PM EDT (2322 GMT)
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Abu Abbas, the Palestinian terrorist who masterminded the 1985 hijacking of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro in the Mediterranean Sea, has been arrested by U.S. personnel in Iraq.
Abbas was arrested about 50 miles west of Baghdad after being turned away from Iraq's border with Syria, a Palestinian source told CNN.
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