Irony makes the world go 'round

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<p>“Carlos the Jackal”

who gained international notoriety as the Cold War-era mastermind of deadly bombings, assassinations and hostage dramas, is serving a life sentence for the 1975 murders of two French secret agents and an alleged informer. He was tracked down in Sudan in 1994 and hauled to Paris in a sack by French secret service agents.</p>

<p>He said he was put in a small, dilapidated cell and was authorized to leave it only for a two-hour daily walk. The human rights court said the cell was sufficient for one prisoner and that he was not held in complete isolation.</p>

<p>“The cell … contained a bed, a table and washing and toilet facilities; it also had a window which provided natural light. The applicant had books, newspapers and a television, and access to the exercise yard for two hours a day and to a cardiac-training room for one hour a day,” the court said in its judgment.</p>

<p>The court noted that Ramirez had received twice-weekly visits from a doctor, a monthly visit from a priest and very frequent visits from one or more of his 58 lawyers.

“Rendition” was used to get him from Sudan to France…the French Secret Service conducted the rendition after he was located and surveilled by CIA contractors and Delta Force operators. He reportedly claimed recently that his treatment in French custody was inferior to that received by Al Quaeda/Taliban held at Guantanamo Bay. The European Court of Human Rights was OK with it, though, go figure. They only have one like him to deal with.</p>

<p><a href=“http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2152090&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312[/url]”>http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2152090&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312&lt;/a&gt;
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<p>Also just in on the irony front: N. Korea plops four “long range” missiles into the Sea of Japan. Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon announce that they will join Cindy Sheehan in a one-day hunger strike. I immediately flashed back to Kim Jong Il singing “I’m so Ronery,” and am convinced that Team America: World Police must have been on the job. Happy 4th!</p>

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<p>Forgot to add this for context:</p>

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