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SRES 253 104th Congress Senate International Affairs Arrest Crime and Law Enforcement Detention of persons Extradition Hijacking Middle East and North Africa Murder Passenger ships Terrorism Transportation and Public Works

A resolution urging the detention and extradition to the United States by the appropriate foreign government of Mohammed Abbas for the murder of Leon Klinghoffer.

Introduced: April 30, 1996 See on congress.gov
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Apr 30, 1996
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Yea-Nay Vote. 99-0. Record Vote No: 93. (consideration: CR S4399)
Apr 30, 1996
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Yea-Nay Vote. 99-0. Record Vote No: 93.(consideration: CR S4399)
Apr 30, 1996
Introduced in Senate
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Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Attorney General should seek, from the appropriate foreign government, the detention and extradition to the United States of Mohammed Abbas (also known as Abu Abbas) for the murder of Leon Klinghoffer in October 1985 during the hijacking of the vessel Achille Lauro.

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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Yea-Nay Vote. 99-0. Record Vote No: 93. (consideration: CR S4399)