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Hojatoleslam Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the Speaker of the Iranian parliament, last week gave credence to their concern by expressing support for the kidnapers. Speaking of recent abductions, Rafsanjani declared, "The people of Lebanon are so ignored and so oppressed that they have no defense for themselves other than this...
West Germany, which holds suspected TWA Hijacker Mohammed Ali Hamadei, 22, in a Frankfurt jail, wrestled with its own problems. The capture of Hamadei, who is wanted in the U.S. for the hijacking and the murder of Navy Diver Robert Stethem, seemed to have led to the kidnaping of the two West Germans in Beirut two weeks ago and helped set off the recent rash of abductions. Some German officials fear that giving in to U.S. pressure for speedy extradition of Hamadei could lead to more West German kidnapings. Still, the Germans last week arrested Abbas Ali Hamadei...
...dealings with Iran have been portrayed as an overture to moderates led by Speaker of the Parliament Hojatoleslam Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. Actually, CIA sources say, Ghorbanifar had persuaded the entire political leadership of the Islamic republic, including Prime Minister Mir Hussein Mousavi and Ayatullah Hussein Ali Montazeri, designated successor to Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini, to assent to secret contacts with the U.S. Two reasons: the Iranians feared the Soviet threat more than any from the West; and they hoped that American arms would soon follow improved relations with...
...outrages in Beirut followed what seemed a rare break in the long and painful campaign against international terrorism. That was the chance arrest in West Germany of Mohammed Ali Hamadei, 22, one of four alleged ringleaders in the TWA hijacking and suspects in the killing of Navy Diver Robert Stethem. Hamadei is thought to be one of the two gunmen who were actually aboard TWA Flight 847 when it was commandeered and who savagely beat and then shot the American sailor. Hamadei was detained at Frankfurt's international airport after officials discovered he was carrying a false passport and bottles...
...real news was still to come. A check of fingerprints supplied by the U.S. stunned West German officials. Declared West German Interior Minister Friedrich Zimmermann: "The man we captured is a big fish." Indeed he was: he was none other than Mohammed Ali Hamadei, 22, a Lebanese wanted in the U.S. for murder and air piracy in the TWA hijacking. Hamadei was allegedly one of the original two hijackers; his hooded face appeared all over the world as he and his fellow terrorists made demands from the hijacked plane. In Washington, Justice Department officials are asking that Hamadei be flown...