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...most notorious incidents that took place was the massacre of Palestinians at Deir Yassin, a village outside Jerusalem. On April 9, 1948, the Irgun, a right wing faction of the Jewish militia, massacred 300 men, women and children. In the words of Jacques de Reynier, Chief Delegate of the International Red Cross, the Irgun members killed their victims "Without any military reason or provocation of any kind." British documents and Red Cross sources state that the attackers simply "lined men, women and children up against the walls and shot them...
Federal Judge Reynier J. Wortendyke sentenced De Angelis to ten years in prison-but with a surprising twist. Invoking a new section of the federal criminal code, he turned De Angelis over to the personal custody of U.S. Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach. FBI agents will continue to question De Angelis about his tangled affairs. In August, U.S. Director of Prisons Myrl Alexander will report to the judge and 1) affirm the sentence, 2) suggest a reduction, or 3) recommend that De Angelis be put on probation immediately. If he cooperates in answering the many riddles that remain, he could...
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