Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Will Pres Trump bring King Abdullah to heel?

Last Spring, seven GOP legislators threatened Jordan with economic sanctions and the withholding of aid money if it didn’t extradite the infamous terrorist, Al-Tamimi.

Al-Tamimi was involved - as the mastermind and controller who even scouted out the restaurant - in the terrorist bombing of the Sbarro Pizzeria in Jerusalem in 2001, which claimed the lives of 15 civilians (of whom 7 were children and one a pregnant woman) including two Americans. Due to a prisoner swap deal between Hamas and Israel in October of 2011, Al-Tamimi was released to Jordan where she has been living and unrepentantly enjoying life ever since. Attorney Arnold Roth, father of US citizen Malki Roth, one of the victims, has been fighting to have her extradited ever since.
 
Abdullah has refused to extradite her to the US despite her being placed on the FBI's most wanted list and a criminal extradition treaty signed between USG and the Government of Jordan (GOJ) in 1995. READ MORE