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		Rezaq was injured, and was taken, with a multitude of injured passengers, to a hospital.
		Rezaq's psychiatric experts said that these changes in behavior were symptomatic of PTSD, and, based on their examination of Rezaq and on the testimony of other witnesses, they concluded that Rezaq was suffering from PTSD when he committed the hijacking in November 1985.
		Finally, Rezaq sought unsuccessfully to prevent the United States from adverting to the fact that 57 passengers died when the __________ 6 Of course, Congress did not expressly limit the reach of the "death results" provision to cases in which the death was that of an American citizen killed because of her nationality.
	pacer.cadc.uscourts.gov /common/opinions/199802/96-3127a.txt (9643 words)

	Omar Rezaq - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Omar Rezaq had given his name as Omar Marzouki and used a Tunisian passport when boarding that plane at Athens airport, but later he admitted that he is of Palestinian origin and that he was born in Lebanon in 1963.
		Preliminary inquiry lasted until April 3, 1987 and on November 2, 1988 Rezaq was arraigned in court and he pleaded guilty to seven of nine charges against him.
		Rezaq was sentenced to the full 25 years less the years and months he had already spent in prison.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Omar_Rezaq (416 words)

	Why the CIA Went Astray over Italy's Abu Omar
		Omar was a veteran of the wars in Bosnia, and Afghanistan, and was suspected by Italian authorities of forming an Al-Qaeda cell to attack targets in Europe.
		Omar was noted for his fiery preaching in the city's mosques, especially at the Viale Jenner one.
		Omar still had time to call for help, and his call in Arabic was heard by a woman nearby who later reported the apparent kidnapping to the police.
	cryptome.sabotage.org /cia-astray.htm (2870 words)

	#051: 02-06-98 - COURT OF APPEALS FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AFFIRMS CONVICTION OF AIRCRAFT HIJACKER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The defendant, Omar Rezaq, 38, was convicted by a jury trial for his role in the November, 1985 terrorist hijacking of Egyptair Flight 648.
		Rezaq and two other terrorists from the Abu Nidal organization had hijacked the aircraft shortly after it departed from Athens, Greece, en route to Cairo, Egypt.
		The jury rejected Rezaq's defense claims of a traumatic stress disorder and U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberet sentenced Rezaq to life in prison.
	www.usdoj.gov /opa/pr/1998/February/051.htm.html (239 words)

	1996 Global Terrorism: Year In Review
		Rezaq, the sole surviving hijacker, was tried and convicted in Malta on various charges and sentenced to 25 years in prison, but he was released after serving only seven years.
		Rezaq, a member of the Abu Nidal organization, claimed at his trial that he had suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and was therefore insane at the time he hijacked the airplane.
		The jury found Rezaq guilty and rejected his claim that he was insane at the time he committed the crime.
	www.fas.org /irp/threat/terror_96/year.html (975 words)

	Omar Khayyám Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The man known in English as the poet Omar Khayyám (May 18 1048 - December 4 1123, assumed dates) was born in Nishapur (or Naishapur) in Khorasan, Persia (Iran), and named Ghiyath al-Din Abu'l-Fath Umar ibn Ibrahim Al-Nisaburi al-Khayyami (al-Khayyami means "the tentmaker").
		Omar Khayyám is famous today not for his scientific accomplishments, but for his literary works.
		Omar's life is dramatized in the 1957 film Omar Khayyam starring Cornel Wilde, Debra Page, Raymond Massey, Michael Rennie, and John Derek.
	www.articleshead.com /show_article/omar-khayyam (260 words)

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		Rezaq was one of three Palestinian gunmen who commandeered an Egyptair Boeing 737 flying the Athens-Cairo route on Nov. 23, 1985.
		Rezaq pleaded guilty to killing Scarlet Maria Rogenkamp, of Oceanside, Calif.,.
		Rezaq said the hijackers had intended to fly to an Arab country, which he declined to identify.
	ils.unc.edu /~viles/172i/users/big/docs/AP881101-0181 (309 words)

	CNN - After nearly 11 years, EgyptAir hijacker sentenced - Oct. 7, 1996
		WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Palestinian terrorist Omar Rezaq was sentenced to life in prison Monday for his role in one of the deadliest hijackings in history.
		Rezaq's route to the United States for his meeting with justice was slow and circuitous.
		and because Rezaq was sentenced under rules in effect at the time of the crime, he could be eligible for parole in 10 years.
	www.cnn.com /US/9610/07/terrorist.sentenced (494 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Terrorist Data
		Aftermath: The lone surviving hijacker, a Palestinian named Omar Mohammed Ali Rezaq, was later identified at a local hospital, apparently pretending he was a wounded passenger.
		Rezaq would confirm the involvement of the Abu Nidal Organization in the hijacking, eventually facing trial in Malta in 1986.
		Sent back to face trial in the U.S., Rezaq was convicted of air piracy in July 1996 in Washington, D.C. and sentenced to life imprisonment.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac3/ContentServer?node=world/issues/terrordata&pagename=world/terror&appstat=detail&resulttype=attack&entityId=14&cache12=6 (239 words)

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		The Lebanese-born Rezaq was the lone survivor of three Palestinian gunmen who seized an Egyptair Boeing 737 flying from Athens to Cairo on Nov. 23, 1985.
		Rezaq had told the court he belonged to the Egyptian Revolutionary Organization.
		Rezaq also admitted to the attempted killing of four other people: two Americans, Patrick Scott Baker of White Salmon, Wash., and Jackie Pflug of Pasadena, Texas; and two Israelis.
	ils.unc.edu /~viles/172i/users/big/docs/AP881102-0219 (229 words)

	Patterns of Global Terrorism - 1993 African Overview
		Ghanaian authorities in February detained Omar Mohammed Ali Rezaq, a Palestinian who participated in the 1985 hijacking of an Egyptair flight in which 60 passengers died in Malta, including one American and one Ghanaian.
		He was then transported to the United States to stand trial on charges of aircraft piracy and aiding and abetting the 1985 hijacking.
		Rezaq was returned to the United States to stand trial on charges of air piracy for the 1985 hijacking of an Egyptair flight in which 60 people died in Malta.
	www.terrorismcentral.com /Library/Government/US/StateDepartment/CounterterrorismOffice/patterns/1993/AfricaOverview.html (599 words)

	Egyptair. Who is Egyptair? What is Egyptair? Where is Egyptair? Definition of Egyptair. Meaning of Egyptair.
		It employs about 22,000 people and claimed total worldwide revenues in fiscal 2000 of US $1,000 M, with profits of US $35 M. Together with its wholly-owned subsidiary Sinai Air, its safety record rates an “F’, the worst grade possible, according to Air Rankings Online.
		A Boeing 737 aircraft was hijacked to Valletta, Malta by three men, including Abu Nidal and Omar Rezaq.
		After several hours of negotiations, Egyptian troops stormed the aircraft and battled with the hijackers, who threw several hand grenades and shot five Israeli and American passengers in the head.
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Egyptair (278 words)

	A TANGLED WEB: HUMAN EXPLOSIVES!
		Rezaq’s mother was eight years old in Jaffa when the 1948 war forced the family to flee to the West Bank.
		There he was taught by PLO teachers in schools funded bionics that the only way to achieve manhood was to join the revolution and help regain the lands stolen from their parents and grandparents.
		Rezaq described his involvement in a terrorist skyjacking as” the proudest moment” of his life.
	atangledweb.typepad.com /weblog/2005/02/heres_an_intere.html (1402 words)

	USA v. Rezaq Omar Mohammed
		Rezaq avers that it was improper for the district court to
		Rezaq would have borne the brunt of the jury's ire.
		Rezaq was in control of the aircraft for an extended period of time;
	www.ll.georgetown.edu /Federal/judicial/dc/opinions/96opinions/96-3127a.html (10254 words)

	Omar Masoud Libya - Biggest newspaper resource on the Internet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Abuzed Omar Dorda and Secretary-General Kofi Annan was constructive and low-keyed with Libya giving...
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		Masoud pleaded to have the RCMP intervene, the...
	newspaper.se-punch.com /index.php?k=omar-masoud--libya (1034 words)

	19 years since the hijacking of Egyptian airliner in Malta
		Egyptian commandos who were allowed to board the aircraft, fought with the hijackers, who threw several hand grenades in the cabin.
		The only one hijacker who survived, Omar Rezaq, was arraigned in court in Malta, sentenced to 25 years in jail, but served only seven.
		Omar Rezaq, a Lebanese, had used a Tunisian passport and checked in under the name of Omar Marzouki at Athens.
	www.di-ve.com /dive/portal/portal.jhtml?id=161044&pid=null (361 words)

	City Journal Winter 2004 \| What Makes a Terrorist? by James Q. Wilson
		Jerrold Post interviewed for eight hours an Abu Nidal terrorist named Omar Rezaq, who skyjacked an airliner and killed five passengers, two of them women, before an Egyptian rescue team captured him.
		The interviews sought to test the defense counsel’s claim that Rezaq suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and so did not appreciate the wrongfulness of his actions.
		After the plane he seized landed in Malta, Rezaq began executing passengers, beginning with two Israelis (they were the enemy) and three Americans (they supported the enemy).
	www.city-journal.org /html/14_1_what_makes_a_terrorist.html (4084 words)

	Malta Police Corps Special Assignments Group
		The flight was forced to land in Malta, to be refuelled.
		In order to obtain the fuel (initially denied by the Maltese Government), the leader of the group, the Palestinian Omar Rezaq, did not hesitate to brutally shoot five passengers at point blank.
		The S.M.U. (in co-operation with a now disbanded A.F.M. special unit) was given the task to set up observation points around the hijacked airplane, as well as recovering the bodies of the five passengers shot by the terrorists and thrown on the airport tarmac.
	www.forgallantry.altervista.org /S.A.Ghistory.html (1371 words)

	Replies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		apprehending Omar Mohammed Ali Rezaq, a member of the notorious Abu Nidal
		Rezaq was prosecuted in Malta which, in 1992, was considering whether to
		enlisted to build a case for prosecuting Rezaq in the United States.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/708448/replies?c=1 (8805 words)

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