(Washington Times) Nicholas Kralev and Gary Emerling - The Lebanese killer of U.S. Navy diver Robert Stethem was in custody in Beirut Tuesday, according to U.S. officials who decried his release from a German prison last week. Mohammad Ali Hamadi, a member of Hizballah, received a life sentence in Germany for hijacking a TWA plane to Beirut and fatally shooting Stethem, but was paroled after 18 years and freed last week. "We are going to make every effort to see that he stands trial here in the U.S.," said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack.
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