Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.7.0.8 $; site uiucuxc Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiucuxc!kenf From: kenf@uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU Newsgroups: net.legal Subject: Re: State Terrorism (Extradition fo Message-ID: <33100003@uiucuxc> Date: Sun, 27-Oct-85 07:15:00 EST Article-I.D.: uiucuxc.33100003 Posted: Sun Oct 27 07:15:00 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 29-Oct-85 01:32:46 EST References: <1353@Shasta.ARPA> Lines: 20 Nf-ID: #R:Shasta.ARPA:-135300:uiucuxc:33100003:000:992 Nf-From: uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU!kenf Oct 27 06:15:00 1985 Excerpt from an interview with Francis Boyle, University of Illinois Professor of International Law: "The interception of the airliner was completely illegal and prohibited by the Chicago Convention, which has governed international civil avi- ation for the past 40 years. As a general rule, under the convention, jet fighters may only intercept commercial aircraft if they have entered their national airspace without permission. The U.S. action amounts to hijacking the airliner of another country..." "...this country does have the right to prosecute those responsible for holding U.S. citizens hostage for purposes of political blackmail, how- ever, it is not currently a violation of U.S. law for a foreigner to murder a U.S. citizen abroad. Therefore, only the Italians, who had juris- diction over the Achille Lauro, could prosecute the hijackers for the murder of Mr. Klinghoffer." Taken from Oct. 24, 1985 issue of Illini Week