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"I want to say to those who consider a forged passport illegal, the Palestinian revolution started because there was no identity and we are fighting for this passport so that the Palestinians don't remain just numbers in the files of the United States," Rashed said.
Greek police testified that he was identified as Rashed , who years earlier had been arrested and imprisoned for smuggling hashish into the country, through his fingerprints. A three-judge panel convicted Rashed of the bombing and sentenced him 18 years in prison -- a punishment later reduced to 15 years.
He was released for good behavior in 1996, after just eight years. The FBI whisked him out of Egypt in 1998 and returned him to the U.S. for prosecution.
After years of legal wrangling, he struck a deal that allowed for his release in 2013, after less than 25 years in custody.
Wherever Rashed goes, he may not be done talking. He told AP in the letter that he planned to "write all in two or three books."
Roy Hawk, the Pan Am 830 pilot, said he's never forgotten the carnage inside the plane. He was dismayed to learn of Rashed's pending release.
"To tell you the truth, I never figured he'd be released," Hawk said. "I just figured he'd be in prison the rest of his life, and that was it."
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