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| Palestinian Is Detained in ’82 Attack on Paris Jewish Restaurant | Palestinian Is Detained in ’82 Attack on Paris Jewish Restaurant |
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| PARIS — A Palestinian man who is believed to have taken part in a | |
| deadly 1982 attack on a Jewish restaurant in Paris has been arrested in Jordan, officials in Amman and Paris said on Wednesday. | |
| The man, Zuhair Mohammed Hassan Khalid al-Abbasi, 62, was taken into custody on June 1, said Agnès Thibault-Lecuivre, a spokeswoman for the Paris prosecutor’s office. She said France would seek his extradition for trial. In the meantime, he has been released on bail, but is barred from traveling, said Jordanian officials who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the case. | The man, Zuhair Mohammed Hassan Khalid al-Abbasi, 62, was taken into custody on June 1, said Agnès Thibault-Lecuivre, a spokeswoman for the Paris prosecutor’s office. She said France would seek his extradition for trial. In the meantime, he has been released on bail, but is barred from traveling, said Jordanian officials who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the case. |
| Bail in Jordan involves closer scrutiny than would usually be the case in the United States, said people familiar with the system. However, since even the most tightly monitored individuals might be able to elude the police and escape, it was not clear why the Jordanians made the decision to free him. | Bail in Jordan involves closer scrutiny than would usually be the case in the United States, said people familiar with the system. However, since even the most tightly monitored individuals might be able to elude the police and escape, it was not clear why the Jordanians made the decision to free him. |
| Six people, including two Americans, were killed in the attack on the Chez Jo Goldenberg restaurant, which was located on the Rue de Rosiers in the heart of the Marais, a Paris neighborhood that once was home to a large number of Jews. At the time, the attack was considered one of the most lethal anti-Semitic attacks in France since the end of World War II. One of the attackers threw a grenade into the restaurant while others fired guns at customers; they then fled on foot. In addition to the six people who were killed, 22 were wounded. | Six people, including two Americans, were killed in the attack on the Chez Jo Goldenberg restaurant, which was located on the Rue de Rosiers in the heart of the Marais, a Paris neighborhood that once was home to a large number of Jews. At the time, the attack was considered one of the most lethal anti-Semitic attacks in France since the end of World War II. One of the attackers threw a grenade into the restaurant while others fired guns at customers; they then fled on foot. In addition to the six people who were killed, 22 were wounded. |
| The police believed there were as many as six assailants in all, but have identified only three of the people suspected of involvement in the attack. | The police believed there were as many as six assailants in all, but have identified only three of the people suspected of involvement in the attack. |
| Ms. Thibault-Lecuivre said Mr. Abassi was the “supervisor” of the attack, but it does not appear that he was present at the time it was carried out. The other two identified suspects are thought to be living in Norway and in Ramallah, in the West Bank, according to Jordanian officials. The attackers are suspected of having been part of a terrorist organization run by the Palestinian radical Abu Nidal, who died in Baghdad in 2002. | Ms. Thibault-Lecuivre said Mr. Abassi was the “supervisor” of the attack, but it does not appear that he was present at the time it was carried out. The other two identified suspects are thought to be living in Norway and in Ramallah, in the West Bank, according to Jordanian officials. The attackers are suspected of having been part of a terrorist organization run by the Palestinian radical Abu Nidal, who died in Baghdad in 2002. |
| The attackers were from an earlier generation of terrorists who flourished during the 1980s and targeted Westerners, Israelis and Palestinians. An offshoot of the Palestine Liberation Organization, they were secular and nationalist in contrast with current terrorist organizations that espouse a fundamentalist form of Islam and advocate the re-establishment of a caliphate in the Middle East. | The attackers were from an earlier generation of terrorists who flourished during the 1980s and targeted Westerners, Israelis and Palestinians. An offshoot of the Palestine Liberation Organization, they were secular and nationalist in contrast with current terrorist organizations that espouse a fundamentalist form of Islam and advocate the re-establishment of a caliphate in the Middle East. |
| The cause of the Abu Nidal group was the Palestinians in Israel, who had been deprived of land and rights. The group is now considered largely inactive by the State Department, which still lists them as a terrorist organization. | The cause of the Abu Nidal group was the Palestinians in Israel, who had been deprived of land and rights. The group is now considered largely inactive by the State Department, which still lists them as a terrorist organization. |
| Mr. Abbasi was apprehended by Jordanian intelligence and police officers in Zarqa, a town that lies about 15 miles northeast of Amman. It has been known in recent years as a breeding ground for terrorism. One of its most infamous residents was the Al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab Zarqawi, whose real name was Ahmad Fadil Nazal al-Khalayleh. | Mr. Abbasi was apprehended by Jordanian intelligence and police officers in Zarqa, a town that lies about 15 miles northeast of Amman. It has been known in recent years as a breeding ground for terrorism. One of its most infamous residents was the Al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab Zarqawi, whose real name was Ahmad Fadil Nazal al-Khalayleh. |
| Ms. Thibault-Lecuivre said the documents necessary to request Mr. Abassi’s extradition would be delivered to the Jordanian authorities as soon as they are translated into Arabic. She could not say how quickly the Jordanians would be likely to comply with the request. If Mr. Abbasi is extradited to France for trial and possible imprisonment, it is unlikely that the United States, whose citizens were also killed in the attack, will try to extradite him, an American official said. | Ms. Thibault-Lecuivre said the documents necessary to request Mr. Abassi’s extradition would be delivered to the Jordanian authorities as soon as they are translated into Arabic. She could not say how quickly the Jordanians would be likely to comply with the request. If Mr. Abbasi is extradited to France for trial and possible imprisonment, it is unlikely that the United States, whose citizens were also killed in the attack, will try to extradite him, an American official said. |
| Though much has changed in the Marais in the nearly 33 years since the attack, the neighborhood still has synagogues, and the Rue de Rosiers is dotted with kosher bakeries and butchers and with shops selling Jewish religious items. | Though much has changed in the Marais in the nearly 33 years since the attack, the neighborhood still has synagogues, and the Rue de Rosiers is dotted with kosher bakeries and butchers and with shops selling Jewish religious items. |