FBI arrests terrorist suspect in international waters

Title

FBI arrests terrorist suspect in international waters

Genre

News report; Press conference

TX Date

18 Sep 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:02:05

Description

The FBI has arrested a suspected terrorist in international waters in the Mediterranean. Fawaz Younis, a Lebanese, is suspected of hijacking a Jordanian airliner in Beirut in 1985 and has appeared in court in Washington. With a statement from the American Attorney General, Edwin Meese. Male reporter not identified (poss. Andrew Manderstam).

Contributors

Andrew Manderstam?; Edwin Meese

Keywords

USA; Airports; Law; Terrorism; Police; Policing practice; Aeroplanes; Lebanon; Beirut; Jordan; Arrests; FBI; Fawaz Younis; Mediterranean Sea

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