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warned bluntly, "there will
be no Jordanian Air Force."
The position of the Jorda-
nian monarch, already seri-
ously eroded by the upsurge
in radicalism which has
gripped his kingdom since
the start of the Gulf crisis,
might indeed become
untenable.
Israel's entry into the war
is likely to have immediate
consequences, too, for some
of the Arab leaders in the
military coalition, notably
Syria's President Hafez
Assad, who is already facing
the threat of serious do-
mestic dislocation after just
token contact with Iraqi
troops on the Saudi border
last week.
Assad has attempted to
placate his countrymen by
assuring them that Syria's
role in the coalition is strict-
ly in defense of Saudi
Arabia.
It is now believed that the
twin Arab pillars of the co-
alition, Egypt and Saudi
Arabia, will remain firmly
within the military alliance,
despite rumblings of do-
mestic discontent.
But it also considered con-
ceivable, even understan-
dable, that once the ground
war gets underway, Syria —
and perhaps other less
pivotal Arab states which
are experiencing serious
internal opposition — might
use Israel's involvement as a
pretext for a swift diplomatic
departure from the Gulf.
That will leave America's
political flanks more expos-
ed, but despite the public
posturing that will in-
evitably follow, Washington
will retain a credible man-
date for continuing to fight
for the liberation of Kuwait.
The Americans will also be
aware that what they are
unable to achieve by way of
destroying the regime of
Saddam Hussein and Iraq's
residual capacity to wage
chemical, biological and
nuclear warfare, Israel will
— as it has in the past —
gladly do for them. 0
Achille Lauro Terrorists
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1991
Rome (JTA) — Two Pales-
tinian terrorists serving
prison terms for their part in
the October 1985 Achille
Lauro hijacking were releas-
ed last month and expelled
from Italy, the news media
disclosed last week.
Mohammed Issa Abbas,
who provided weapons to the
four hijackers who seized the
Italian cruise ship, and
Yusuf Sa'ad, who served as
paymaster, had their
sentences commuted. They
are believed now to be in
Algeria.
Italian newspapers ex-
pressed indignation that
convicted terrorists were set
free at a time when all of
Europe is on the alert for
possible terrorist activity
growing out of the Persian
Gulf war.
The Achille Lauro, sailing
from Genoa on a Mediterra-
nean cruise with a large
number of American tourists
aboard, was seized by the
four gunmen on Oct. 7, 1985,
while in Egyptian waters.
The vessel and all aboard
were held captive until Oct.
10. In that period, Leon Kl-
inghoffer, an American Jew
confined to a wheelchair by a
stroke, was shot to death by
one of the hijackers and
thrown into the sea.
Mr. Abbas is a cousin of
Mohammed (Abul) Abbas,
leader of the Palestine Lib-
eration Front and master-
mind of the hijacking. Abul
Abbas was tried and
sentenced in absentia to life
imprisonment by a court in
Genoa for the crime.
Italy does not have capital
punishment.
Mr. Sa'ad received a six-
year sentence for importing
money for the hijacking.
Issa Abbas, a Syrian, was
convicted in two trials on
separate charges. In 1986,
he was sentenced to six mon-
ths for using a false passport
to help the hijackers. In
November 1985, he was con-
victed of smuggling the
weapons used in the hijack-
ing to Genoa from Tunis. He
had been arrested in Genoa
before the Achille Lauro left
that port.
The men's lawyer, Gian-
franco Pagano, told the
Italian daily Corriere della
Sera that they took advan-
tage of the fact that the law
governing the commutation
of sentences does not exclude
crimes connected with ter-
rorism.
The newspaper com-
mented, "Only a few days
before Abul Abbas, suppor-
ting the Iraqi cause,
threatened terrorist attacks
all over the world, in Italy
the prison doors were opened
for two activists."