BBC NEWS Meinhof gang killer is released A former member of the Baader-Meinhof gang has been released after serving 24 years for her involvement in kidnappings and murders in the 1970s. Brigitte Mohnhaupt, 57,was released from the Aichach prison in Germany on Sunday, a prison official said. Last month a German court ruled that Mohnhaupt qualified for early release after serving a minimum proportion of her five life sentences. The group was also known as the Red Army Faction. The prospect of Mohnhaupt's release sparked a fierce debate in Germany. Mohnhaupt was convicted of involvement in nine murders. Victims included a judge, a banker and the employers' federation president. BAADER-MEINHOF Urban guerrilla group notorious in 1970s and 80s Also known as the Red Army Faction Targeted West German capitalist establishment The BBC's Steve Rosenberg, in Berlin, says she was once described as the most evil and dangerous woman in West Germany. Separately, another prominent Red Army prisoner, Christian Klar, is seeking early release. He has applied to the German president for a pardon. Our correspondent said the prospect of Mohnhaupt and Klar being freed revived memories of one of the bloodiest episodes in the country's post-war history. 'No remorse' The Red Army Faction sought to combat what it saw as capitalist oppression of workers and US imperialism. It was active from about 1970 - having grown out of student anti-Vietnam war protests - until 1992, when it abandoned violence. It formally disbanded in 1998. One of the group's most prominent targets was the German industrialist Hans Martin Schleyer - who was kidnapped in September 1977 and shot six weeks later. Speaking before the court ruling, Mr Schleyer's son Joerg said members of the group had expressed no remorse for the killing. "I can't understand that we would take [let] them out because within the last 30 years there's nothing they said - 'OK we're sorry we murdered your father, sorry for that, we murdered policemen, sorry for that.' Absolutely no word." Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/europe/6492689.stm Published: 2007/03/25 07:57:35 GMT C BBC MMVII . <http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=11648958/grpspId=1705447214/msgI d=28986/stime=1174826366/nc1=4438979/nc2=3848607/nc3=3848538> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
