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Samir Kuntar: I met with Abbas in Beirut at his request
By The Associated Press
Tags: Israel, Hezbollah 

Notorious Lebanese terrorist Samir Kuntar on Tuesday said that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas requested a recent meeting between the two that has angered Israel.

Kuntar said in a statement that the meeting last week in Beirut was in response to a direct request by Abbas. An aide to Abbas denied that, saying it was Kuntar requested the meet. The aide was speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the press.

Kantar was convicted of killing three people in a particularly brutal attack in Israel in 1979. Israel traded him and other prisoners in July as part of a swap with Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group, receiving in return the bodies of two kidnapped Israel Defense Forces soldiers.
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At a summit on Sunday, Olmert rebuked Abbas for the meeting. He told Abbas: "You are not a man of terror, and I didn't expect you to meet with such a despicable killer as him."

Abbas answered that the meeting was unplanned and that Kuntar had in fact invited himself. The prime minister replied that it was still possible for the Palestinian leader not to have met with Kuntar.


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      1.   BUT THEY MET......... 13:41  |  DAVID 02/09/08
      2.   OLMERT, Abbas is spiting on you and you are saying its Only RAIN 13:52  |  Gil 02/09/08
      3.   And Abbas is our "moderate" partner....! 14:02  |  Avihu 02/09/08
      4.   WHATS ABBAS` message to Israel? Other than he is our hero too! 14:06  |  PETER SM 02/09/08
      5.   Asking Abbas what was actually said 14:29  |  John Isenhower 02/09/08
      6.   ABBAS"he invited himself" and "the dog ate my homework". For Sure 14:34  |  PETER SM 02/09/08
      7.   We don`t expect much from Abbas 14:59  |  Joe Sittizen 02/09/08
      8.   Wake up people !!! Abbas is no better 15:24  |  Yossi 02/09/08
      9.   The sincerity of our ?peace partner.? 15:24  |  Jean Van Daem 02/09/08
      10.   Olmert should not be so judgemental 15:44  |  Natallie Durson 02/09/08
      11.   A Coalition of Misfits 15:57  |  Steve 02/09/08
      12.   Who really cares what Olmert says today.... 15:57  |  Dolly 02/09/08
      13.   ABBAS said of Kuntar...... 16:10  |  Dagma 02/09/08
      14.   Olmert says you shouldn`t meet with killers 16:37  |  Tarik 02/09/08
      15.   Olmert`s peace partner? 16:37  |  Brod 02/09/08
      16.   Lets not be judgemental--said the judge of Israelis and Jews 16:39  |  Israeli citizen 02/09/08
      17.   NO DEALS WITH TERROR AUTHORITY!!! 16:39  |  Nathan 02/09/08
      18.   To Gil # 2 - Fully agreed...... 16:43  |  netta 02/09/08
      19.   Kuntar and Abbas are both known liars -- whom to believe? 17:15  |  McQueen 02/09/08
      20.   Shame on Abass 17:54  |  Anwar 02/09/08
      21.   Abbas=Kuntar 18:18  |  IW 02/09/08
      22.   A lying politician and a lying murderer. Who to believe? 18:46  |  x-ray 02/09/08
      23.   Abbas Again SHows His True Colors 19:39  |  Shepherd 02/09/08
      24.   Natallie Clone its time for new material 19:43  |  Golani 02/09/08
      25.   The jury is still out on Kuntar. There are reports that the child 20:18  |  lakshmi 02/09/08
      26.   Golani - Since you are ignorant of your own history 20:48  |  Natallie Durson 02/09/08
      27.   Phony issue 21:21  |  Dave Duncan 02/09/08
      28.   To Brod # 15 - Thanks for the Information. 21:28  |  Natasha 02/09/08
      29.   BROD @ 15 - The Book 21:32  |  charlie 02/09/08
      30.   #25 lakshmi -the deluded 21:34  |  Adrian de Klerk 02/09/08
      31.   See the obvious 22:17  |  Victor 02/09/08
      32.   30 Adrian de Klerk, I am not prepared to accept zionist 23:14  |  lakshmi 02/09/08
      33.   That`s the thing though- Abbas IS a killer! 23:26  |  Avenger of Israel 02/09/08
      34.   Durson consistantly full of shit 23:41  |  peter 02/09/08
      35.   LAKSHMI.Its NOT a jury it is one Arab reporter. 00:15  |  PETER SM 03/09/08
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