CNN: Americans arrest Abu al-Abbas in Baghdad

Originally published April 16, 2003

An American official has announced that the US forces arrested in Baghdad the leader of the Palestine Liberation Front, Abu al-Abbas, who is accused of planning the highjacking the Italian ship Achille Lauro in 1985 during which one American passenger was killed.

CNN said that Abu al-Abbas ( Muhammad Abbas ) was arrested by the American forces "in Baghdad or nearby it." An American official said that Abu al-Abbas was arrested during a breaking in operation into a flat on Tuesday evening in one of Baghdad's suburbs.

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