Jordan frees killers of Israeli soldiers AFP 20 August 2008 http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5j-V03wmP9e1_eIBNLsGf1rhH3c1Q

AMMAN (AFP) - Four Jordanian prisoners handed over by Israel last year to
complete their life sentences in the kingdom were released from a jail north
of the capital Amman on Wednesday.

The four, who were convicted of killing two Israeli soldiers in November
1990 four years before Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty, received a
hero's welcome from relatives as they walked out of Qafqafa prison carrying
Jordanian flags.

Jordan's Islamist-dominated trade unions said they were planning a festival
later on Wednesday to celebrate the release of the prisoners, who were
transferred by Israel in July 2007 in a goodwill gesture to King Abdullah
II.

Under Jordanian law, a life sentence is equivalent to 25 years in prison and
a "year" of jail in the kingdom comprises just nine months.

According to police, the four men were freed after serving three-quarters of
their sentences because they had exhibited good conduct.

The trade unions had joined with members of parliament and journalists in
campaigning for the men's release after Israel freed all its Lebanese
prisoners in an exchange with the Shiite militant group Hezbollah last
month.

I went on vacation to the back country of Montana and Arizona where I had no connection to Israeli news and now I have returned and everything is the same all messed up.