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Rackham Dismisses Counsel in Disagreement over Defense Tactics

December 11, 1969
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Mordechai Rachamim, the El Al security guard on trial for manslaughter, startled the court today by firing his chief defense attorney, Dr. Hans Meiser. Mr. Rachamim is charged with fatally shooting one of four Arab terrorists during an attack on an Israeli airliner at Zurich airport last Feb. 18.

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