A French jury here on March 7 sentenced two Palestinian students to 15 years imprisonment for the murder of Palestine Liberation Organization representative in Paris, Ezzedine Kalak, and one of his aides on Aug. 3, 1978. Abdul Kadir Hatam, 27, and Hassan Kayed, 23, told the court they had been entrusted with a mission “to, execute the traitor Kalak” by a pro-Iraqi Palestinian organization known as the “Abu Nidal Group.”
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