Background
He was born in Lebanon and became an Amal Movement militiaman and then a part of Hezbollah.
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Fawaz Younis
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He was later deported after serving sixteen years of his sentence. On June 11, 1985, he led a team that hijacked Royal Jordanian Flight 402 with four American nationals on board. The Jordanian airliner was sitting on the tarmac at Beirut International Airport when it was stormed by Younis" team
After a 13-hour siege, the hijackers released the 70 passengers and blew up the plane.
Younis appeared on television as a spokesman for the hijackers. The Comprehensive Crime Control Acting of 1984 created a new section in the United States. Criminal Code for Hostage Taking and The Omnibus Diplomatic Security And Antiterrorism Acting of 1986 established a new extraterritorial statute pertaining to terrorist acts conducted abroad against United States. citizens and interests.
Upon approval by the host country, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has the legal authority to deploy Federal Bureau of Investigation personnel to conduct extraterritorial investigations in the host country where the criminal act has been committed, enabling the United States to prosecute terrorists for crimes committed against United States. citizens. In September 1987, Younis was lured aboard a yacht in international waters off Cyprus with promises of a drug deal, arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and flown to Andrews Air Force Base.
He was the first person charged under the new federal hostage-taking statute that gave the United States. jurisdiction over terrorist acts overseas involving American citizens.
He was sentenced to 30 years in a United States. federal prison. Fawaz Younis was released by the United States. government on February 18, 2005 and deported to Lebanon in March 2005 by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a sub-department of the Homeland Security Department, after serving sixteen years of sentence.
