Search Details

Word: khreesat (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...West German police apprehended 16 suspected terrorists but then released all but two of them in October 1988, after discovering a cache of explosives and a bomb similar to the one used to destroy Flight 103 eight weeks later. Marwan Khreesat, a Jordanian who some authorities believe assembled the Pan Am bomb, was among those set free. Published stories contend that Khreesat was also a German intelligence agent; German authorities deny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keeping Lockerbie Alive | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

...West German weekly Stern charged that Marwan Khreesat, a Jordanian expert in barometric explosives, was arrested in West Germany six weeks before the Lockerbie disaster, along with 15 other suspected terrorists. Fourteen, including Khreesat, were released for lack of evidence. Stern said it had learned that Khreesat had been recruited as an informant for West German intelligence, implying that was the reason he was let go. Though American officials have reportedly confirmed the story, the Bonn government flatly denied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany: A Bombmaker Who Got Away | 6/5/1989 | See Source »

| 1 |