Abu Abbas Dead in US Custody

World | March 10, 2004, Wednesday // 00:00

Abu Abbas, the Palestinian who led the 1985 hijacking of the Achille Lauro cruise ship in which a wheelchair-bound American hostage was killed, has died in US custody, apparently of natural causes, a Pentagon official announced. Abu Abbas, whose real name was Mohammed Abbas, died Monday, the spokesman said. Abbas was taken into custody by US forces in Iraq on April 14 following the fall of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

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