Historical Dictionary of Terrorism Third Edition

146 • DEPORTATIONeastern banks of the disputed waterway by supporting the PFLA.With the signing of the 1975 Algiers Accord in which Iraq cededits previous claims over the entire waterway, jurisdiction of whichwould be divided between the two nations, Iraqi support of the PFLAinsurgency ceased.The Democratic Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Arabistanemerged from the remnant of the PFLA, which once againacquired Iraqi support following the Islamic revolution in Iran in1978–1979 and the outbreak of hostilities between Iraq and Iran inSeptember 1980. The DRFLA emerged into the limelight with its seizureof the Iranian embassy in London from 30 April–5 May 1980, inwhich six terrorists held 26 hostages. Commandos of Great Britain’s22nd Special Air Services Regiment executed a daytime assault onthe embassy in which five terrorists and two hostages were killed.Within Khuzistan Province, which became a major battleground betweenIranian and Iraqi troops, the DRFLA played little effective rolein supporting the Iraqi invasion or in harassing Iranian troops.DEPORTATION. See EXTRADITION.DEV SOL. See REVOLUTIONARY PEOPLE’S LIBERATIONPARTY/FRONT.DIPLOCK COURTS. Special antiterrorism courts established inNorthern Ireland to address the problem of intimidation of juriesin cases involving members of Irish nationalist or Ulster Protestantparamilitaries or people charged with terrorist offenses of apolitical nature. Jury trials seemed impractical because the jurorswould acquit defendants either out of sympathy for the defendant’spolitical cause or out of fear of reprisal. Lord Diplock headed acommission to review the judicial process in cases involving terrorismin Northern Ireland; its report, issued in December 1972,recommended the use of a single judge to determine matters bothof fact and of law.Unlike the nonjury trials that were later initiated under the supergrasssystem in 1981, in the Diplock court trials the defendantwould enjoy the right to face and cross-examine his accusers. Thesetrials were public, and the defendant would have legal counsel andthe right of appeal. The standard of conviction remained guilt beyonda reasonable doubt. Defense counsels could petition the Brit-