Word: stethem
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Germany's refusal to swap convicted criminals for kidnapped hostages is well known, and any second thoughts would undoubtedly be checked by pressure from Washington, especially since Mohammed Hammadi was convicted for his role in the 1985 TWA skyjacking, which resulted in the murder of U.S. Navy diver Robert Stethem. How critical the Hammadis will prove in any final settlement remains uncertain. While Hizballah has asserted that it wants the brothers back, it is possible that the demand is merely a noisy tactic designed to wrest concessions and appease the powerful Hammadi clan...
...Syrian- trained explosives expert who is the brother-in-law of Imad Mughniyah, a Lebanese terrorist and suspected kidnapper identified as the mastermind behind the 1985 hijacking of TWA Flight 847. Originally scheduled to fly from Athens to Rome, the plane was eventually taken to Beirut, where Robert Dean Stethem, a U.S. Navy diver who was a passenger on the flight, was beaten and shot to death. Saddam conceivably could try to enlist Mustafa and his colleagues in terrorist acts against the U.S., release them to Iran as a goodwill gesture or keep them as a trump card in negotiations...