(AP-Washington Post) Nazir Hindawi, an Arab terrorist jailed for duping his pregnant Irish fiance into trying to sneak a bomb aboard an El Al flight in 1986, became eligible for parole in 2001. In October 2009 a parole board recommended his release, but Britain's then-Justice Secretary Jack Straw overruled the decision. On Tuesday, London's High Court ruled that a parole board should have the final say, effectively bypassing British ministers who have repeatedly blocked attempts to free him. A one-time journalist for a London-based Arab publication, Hindawi tricked Anne-Marie Murphy into traveling to Israel, where he claimed the pair were to marry. Hidden in her suitcase were 10 pounds of plastic explosives and a timer set to go off while the plane was in flight. Murphy would have been among the 375 potential victims.
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