The Diplomat Killings: Georges Ibrahim Abdallah and the Shadow War in Paris
In 1982, two diplomats are gunned down on the streets of Paris. One American. One Israeli. A little-known Lebanese Marxist group claims the murders as retaliation for the war in Lebanon.
Years later, a soft-spoken former schoolteacher walks into a police station in Lyon claiming he needs protection from Mossad. Instead, French authorities arrest Georges Ibrahim Abdallah — the man they say masterminded the killings.
Convicted of complicity in the assassinations and sentenced to life, Abdallah spends more than 41 years in a French prison, insisting he is a fighter, not a criminal. Supporters…
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