Mohammed Rashid
Mohammed Rashid was a Palestinian convicted of planting bombs in the United States, and elsewhere.[1]
He was suspected of planting a bomb onboard a Pan Am airliner, traveling from Tokyo to Hawaii, in August 1982.[2][3][4][5] Although the 747 was severely damaged, the pilot was able to safely return it to Hawaii, with most of the passengers surviving.[6]
Rashid was arrested, tried, and convicted in Greece, in 1988. American officials spent close to a decade trying to get Greece to extradite him to the United States.[2][3][4][5]
In June of 1991 The New York Times called Rashid "the most important terrorist ever captured by the West".[7]
In 1996 Greece gave Rashid an early release, for good behavior, and deported him to Tunisia.[8]
In 1998 Rashid was extradited to the United States, from Egypt.[6]
Rashid was convicted in 2006, and received a seven year sentence.[9]
In August 2012 The Times of Israel reported that Australian officials had interviewed Rashid in connection with a bombing of an Israeli consulate in Australia, in 1982.[9]
References[edit]
- ↑ Steven Emerson (1991-04-21). "Capture of a Terrorist". The New York Times. p. F31. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
"Athens Court Votes to Send Bombing Suspect to the U.S." The New York Times. 1988-10-11. p. A6. Archived from the original on 2015-05-25. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
By a 2-to-1 majority, the Athens Council of Appeal Court ruled that there were strong indications that the Palestinian, 35-year-old Mohammed Rashid, was involved in the explosion aboard a Pan Am jet shortly before it was to land in Honolulu after a flight from Tokyo in 1982.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1
"Bombings in Air: From Barbados to Scotland". The New York Times. 1988-12-29. p. A10. Archived from the original on 2025-05-23. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
No one takes responsibility for the bomb; in May 1988, a Palestinian, Mohammed Rashid, is arrested in Athens and charged with planting the bomb. American officials have said he was also involved in a 1986 T.W.A. bombing. His extradition to the United States remains under consideration.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1
Clyde Haberman (1989-02-13). "Killings in Greece Complicate Terror Case Pressed by U.S." The New York Times. p. A6. Archived from the original on 2015-05-25.
Their fears deepened when the homegrown Revolutionary Organization May 1, one of two groups taking responsibility for the shootings, singled out the Rashid case in threatening future reprisals.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1
"THE WORLD; Washington's War on Terrorism Captures Few Soldiers". The New York Times. 1989-03-05. Archived from the original on 2015-05-25. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
In several cases, foreign governments that have arrested people sought under American terrorism warrants have declined to extradite them. West German officials, for example, chose to prosecute Mohammed Ali Hamadei in their own country instead of sending him to the United States for trial for his involvement in the 1985 T.W.A. hijacking. And Greece has spurned American requests to extradite Mohammed Rashid, who has been charged in the bombing of a Pan Am flight in 1982 that killed a 14-year-old girl.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1
"National News Briefs; Suspect Ordered Held In Bombing of U.S. Jet". The New York Times. 1998-06-16. Archived from the original on 2015-05-27. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
Mr. Rashid, 51, was brought to Washington from Egypt earlier this month to face nine charges, including bombing, sabotage and murder. On June 3, he pleaded not guilty to involvement in the bombing that killed one passenger and injured 15 others on an international Pan Am flight in August 1982. If convicted, Mr. Rashid faces a possible life term.
- ↑
"A Defector's Story". The New York Times. 1991-06-16. Archived from the original on 2015-01-23. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
The indisputable fact is that Mr. Awad -- who will serve as the chief witness in the upcoming Greek trial of Mohammed Rashid, the most important terrorist ever captured by the West -- has been checked out repeatedly by American intelligence, F.B.I. and Justice Department officials and has been found to have been 100 percent accurate and reliable in all of the information he has provided.
- ↑
"Greece Deports Terrorist in Jetliner Bombing". The New York Times. 1996-12-06. Archived from the original on 2011-01-30. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
A Palestinian who won early release after being convicted of planting a bomb on a Pan American jetliner in 1982 was deported to Tunisia today.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1
Gabe Fisher; Raphael Ahren; Aaron Kalman (2012-08-26). "Thirty years later, Australian police reopen hunt for Israeli Consulate bombers". The Times of Israel. Sydney, Australia. Archived from the original on 2012-08-29. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
Police confirmed Saturday that members of a special strike force called “Operation Forbearance,” established to investigate the two bombings on Dec. 23, 1982, have interviewed a prime suspect in an American jail.