This week, Germany released a Lebanese terrorist, convicted of killing a US Navy diver in 1985.
Mohammed Ali Hamadi was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. While eligible for parole in January (after 19 years in prison), he was released last week. The German government continues to deny that he has been released, however. At the time of his capture, Hamadi was attempting to enter Germany. The US vigorously attempted to have him extradicted, but to no avail.
The timing of this release is particularly interesting, as a German citizen, archaeologist Susanne Osthoff, was just released in Iraq. If this was a quid pro quo, Germany is continuing to negotiate with terrorists, as fellow EU'ers Italy have been doing since the beginning of the war.
It is hard to argue how this makes anyone safer.
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