Gavin.Bailey wrote:

Its a hostile act and what the H Block 4 went through cannot be considered
harboring...not even close.

They were not extradited on request.

Not being extradited "on request" does not mean you were protected and
sheltered by the U.S. government, particularly if you are jailed. Paul is
trying to compare Abu Nidal to the H Block 4; this is ridiculous. Was there a
delay in returning these people to the UK? Absolutely, but no more than there
would be if a an escaped death row inmate were arrested in the UK.

They were able - like several
republican terrorist fugatives in the USA in several previous cases -
to evade extraditon on the basis of US legislation and legal
interpretations of what were "political" offences.

While they avoided extradition where were they? Most of the time in jail, in
the case of Pol Brennan in solitary confinement. This does not meet the
definition of harboring.

I wonder how the
US government would currently tolerate such niceities over the
extradition of terrorists convicted for the murder of US citizens.

Well, lets see, there was a convicted U.S. murder living in France. He worked
the French legal system and managed to avoid extradition for nearly 20 years.
Like the H Block 4, he spent most of that time in French judicial custody, but
the only outspoken critic was the American family of his victim and no one
accused France of harboring a murderer.


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