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brother, whom he would later identify as
Mahmoud Bazzi, and another man escorted them down a flight of stairs, where Bazzi shot him and left him there. Although badly wounded, O'Mahony survived. Barrett and Smallhorne escaped the building when the shooting began, but were recaptured by SLA men outside. The remaining members of the party left the building, with Klein carrying the wounded O'Mahony to a vehicle. One of the journalists claimed he saw Barrett and Smallhorne in the back of a car that was speeding away.
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for two of the Irish soldiers was unarmed. Klein ordered it to continue even after warning signs became apparent along the route when it passed through a normally busy militia checkpoint. Ultimately, it was intercepted by the militia, who brought the convoy's occupants to a derelict schoolhouse before removing the Irish peace-keepers.
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U.S. authorities interviewed one of the journalists involved and O'Mahony, and expressed their willingness to testify against Bazzi, but claimed that they had not heard anything more from the authorities for years. Bazzi was also interviewed by officials. In 2013, he applied for U.S. citizenship, but
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The party was taken to a school building and held in a bathroom, where they were interrogated. The SLA men asked all of the captives their nationalities, and singled out the three
Irishmen. One of the SLA men began talking about his late brother . According to O'Mahony the man was talking about his
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Lebanese military court said it had found ex-militia member Mahmoud Bazzi guilty of the murders of Private Thomas Barrett and Private Derek Smallhorne on 18 April 1980. The court sentenced Bazzi to life in prison, but immediately reduced this sentence to 15 years on the basis
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The US officer, Harry Klein, later noted that the operation was not properly planned and should have been coordinated with militia leaders and the
Israelis. He added that helicopters could have been used instead to resupply the post. The convoy also went ahead without an escort, and everyone except
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In July 2014, Bazzi was arrested for "administrative immigration violations" by US federal agents at his
Dearborn home. He was alleged to have entered the United States on a false passport. Friends and relatives of Privates Barrett and Smallhorne had been seeking his deportation to Lebanon to face
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Mahmoud Bazzi, the brother of
Massoud Bazzi, who had been killed in the Battle of At Tiri, who was also member of the SLA, was the primary suspect in the murders. Shortly after the incident, he openly admitted to killing Barrett and Smallhorne on Lebanese television and claimed he did so to avenge
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In late 2015, Mahmoud Bazzi was arrested and put on trial before a Beirut military court with a seven-judge panel. John O'Mahony gave evidence during the trial, and positively identified Bazzi as the man who shot him and led
Barrett and Smallhorne away. He was protected at all times by a Close
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In 2018 it was reported that Bazzi had been found guilty in a
Lebanese military court of "collaboration with Israel" and sentenced to 5 years of "hard labour". A hearing on the murder charges was due to occur in late June 2018.
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his brother, but later retracted his statements, claiming his commander had forced him. In 1994, he was granted asylum in the United States, and worked as an ice cream vendor in
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against the SLA. During the battle, two UNIFIL peacekeepers were killed: Stephen
Griffin, a 21-year-old private from the 46th Irish Battalion (and a native of Rahoon in
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Israeli border to provide supplies. The party consisted of three Irish soldiers (Private John O'Mahony (from
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