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Last update - 19:43 16/04/2008 Swedish court reduces Palestinian terrorist's life sentence By The Associated Press Tags: Mohammed Abu Talb, Sweden  STOCKHOLM, Sweden - A Swedish court ruled Wednesday that an Egyptian-born Palestinian found guilty of terror attacks against U.S. and Jewish targets in the 1980s can have his life sentence commuted to a 30-year prison term. The decision means Mohammed Abu Talb could be released in two years because he started serving his term in 1990, and prisoners in Sweden are normally released after having served two-thirds of their sentences. Abu Talb was sentenced to life in prison for a Synagogue bombing and an attack against a U.S. airline office in Denmark that killed one person and left several injured in 1985. Advertisement He was also found guilty of involvement in the bombing of an Israeli airline office in the Netherlands. Abu Talb, who came to Sweden in 1983, was an early suspect in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, that killed 270 people, but prosecutors abandoned the theory that Palestinians were responsible and turned their attention to Libya. He later testified in the trial in that case. The Orebro district court on Wednesday granted Abu Talb's request to have his sentence fixed to 30 years. It cited police and psychiatric evaluations saying there was very little risk that Abu Talb would resort to terrorism or other crimes if released. It was not immediately clear whether prosecutors would appeal the decision. Chief Prosecutor Anders Jakobsson was not available for comment Wednesday. Related articles: Trial begins for U.S. Jewish center gunman who killed woman U.S. Jewish groups to lobby Interpol for action on AMIA bombing Interpol weighs helping Argentina seek arrest of prominent Iranians Argentina accuses Iran of meddling in probe of 1994 Jewish center bombing Bookmark to del.icio.us   Survivors and pioneers Yad Vashem exhibit shows how Holocaust survivors helped shape Israel's identity Researching bacon Lahav's pig breeding gained widespread notoriety because of its legal loophole.   1.   cia or mossad will pick him up in 2 years 20:02  |  vik 16/04/08   2.   #1 I DO HOPE SO 22:02  |  PARIS 16/04/08   3.   Out in 2 years 22:26  |  jg 16/04/08   4.   If anyone remembers or cares 22:26  |  a wandering Jew 16/04/08   5.   No doubt at all he will return to terror 22:53  |  McQueen 16/04/08   6.   30 years?It is too much 30 day is enough he is a freedom fighter 22:58  |  Tayfun_Turkey 16/04/08   7.   Typical of European liberalism 23:20  |  Christian 16/04/08   8.   Proabably a longer sentence 00:05  |  Realist 17/04/08   9.   Hey Christian, tell me one thing 00:28  |  Mark B. 17/04/08   10.   stupid sweden 00:52  |  Connie 17/04/08   11.   Yes Tayfun you are right Abdullah Öcalan must be let free 01:08  |  Genuine Tosefta 17/04/08   12.   Sweden 01:47  |  Mr Ipp 17/04/08   13.   So, US and Israel don`t even charge most of their war criminals 02:45  |  anti-racist 17/04/08   14.   You mut be confused,Arab countries convicting their war criminals 18:48  |  Pro-Racism 17/04/08   15.   1# 15:06  |  Keops 28/04/08

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