Archive for August 20th, 2008

Jordan frees killers of Israeli soldiers

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Four Jordanian prisoners handed over by Israel last year to complete their life sentences in the kingdom were released from a jail north of the capital Amman on Wednesday.

The four, who were convicted of killing two Israeli soldiers in November 1990 four years before Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty, received a hero’s welcome from relatives as they walked out of Qafqafa prison carrying Jordanian flags.

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