Second Exile
When the Civil War ended, Mohamed fled from the threat of war crimes prosecution over from the United Nations-supported Special Court for Sierra Leone. His old friend Nabih Berri arranged for him to escape to Lebanon on a diplomatic passport. By now Berri's Amal Movement was a full Hezbollah partner in Lebanon's legislature.
Jamil died of a stroke in Lebanon.
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