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To: lorne who wrote (5484)	4/15/2003 6:10:18 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 15987

Hot off the Press: Report: Palestinian Abu Abbas in US Custody in Iraq channels.netscape.com WASHINGTON, April 15 (Reuters) - Palestinian guerrilla leader Abu Abbas who masterminded the hijacking of an Italian cruise ship in 1985 was captured by U.S. forces and is in U.S. custody in Baghdad, CNN reported on Tuesday. Abbas, also known as Mohammed Abbas, is the leader of the Palestinian Liberation Front, which hijacked the Achille Lauro in the eastern Mediterranean, resulting in the death of a disabled elderly American man. "CNN can now report that Abu Abbas ... has been captured by U.S. forces in or near Baghdad," CNN's national security reporter David Ensor said. © Copyright Reuters Ltd. 04/15/2003 17:48 RTR

To: lorne who wrote (5484)	4/15/2003 6:10:47 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

Hot off the Press: Report: Palestinian Abu Abbas in US Custody in Iraq channels.netscape.com WASHINGTON, April 15 (Reuters) - Palestinian guerrilla leader Abu Abbas who masterminded the hijacking of an Italian cruise ship in 1985 was captured by U.S. forces and is in U.S. custody in Baghdad, CNN reported on Tuesday. Abbas, also known as Mohammed Abbas, is the leader of the Palestinian Liberation Front, which hijacked the Achille Lauro in the eastern Mediterranean, resulting in the death of a disabled elderly American man. "CNN can now report that Abu Abbas ... has been captured by U.S. forces in or near Baghdad," CNN's national security reporter David Ensor said. © Copyright Reuters Ltd. 04/15/2003 17:48 RTR

To: lorne who wrote (5484)	4/15/2003 8:44:46 PM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

For all of those who have placed their trust in the news reported by CNN for more than a decade, the revelations of its deceit by senior news executive Eason Jordan has been more than shocking. On the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal, a fellow journalist bemoans the fact that he was assured by Jordan that CNN published "the whole truth and nothing but the truth," to his face. How could anyone trust CNN after the they aired the false Tailwind Story done by Peter Arnett... 5 years ago? cnn.com