France Sentences 3 in Greek Cruise Ship Attack A French court has sentenced three suspects in absentia to 30 years in prison for a gun and grenade attack on a Greek cruise ship more than two decades ago. The 1988 attack on the "City of Poros" as it was returning from a one-day cruise in the Saronic Gulf islands left nine people dead, including three French citizens, and dozens wounded. Arrest warrants were issued Thursday for the convicted, whose whereabouts are unknown and who may not even still be alive. They were suspected of being members of the Fatah Revolutionary Council, a Palestinian extremist group linked to the organization of Palestinian radical Abu Nidal. France can investigate cases originating elsewhere, and try suspects, if French citizens are involved.