(1 Dec 1994) German/Nat
The German authorities today (Thursday) freed a Red Army Faction terrorist, who was serving a life sentence for killing three American soldiers with a car bomb.
Irmgard Moeller, who was jailed 22 years ago, has been released early because of poor health.
There was no sign of remorse as Irmgard Moeller stepped out of her prison to the cheers of supporters.
They sang 1960's anti-Vietnam War songs, chanted revolutionary slogans and offered bouquets of flowers.
Moeller was convicted of driving one of two explosive-laden cars that blew up on May 24, 1972.
She killed U-S army Captain Clyde R. Bonner and two enlisted men, Charles L. Peck and Ronald A. Woodward.
Six weeks later, she was arrested and sentenced to life plus fifteen years.
Now reported to be suffering from a skin disease, she still clings to her beliefs, and vows to fight for those she calls "political prisoners"
SOUNDBITE (GERMAN):
"Now, for the future, my plan is to continue fighting for the freedom of the people still in prison because it can't be that others will stay as long as I have, that they will become ill as I did. That is very important to me and to all the people here, and to those who fight for the freedom of political prisoners in Germany"
SUPER CAPTION: Irmgard Moeller, Red Faction Army terrorist.
The US. State department objected to her release because she showed no remorse for her politically motivated attack.
A court in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, where the prison is located, decided she's unlikely to commit another violent crime, and placed her on probation for five years.
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