direct perpetrator

The direct perpetrators were Greywolves.

Discussion in Israel these days is whether Yasir Arafat is more like Osama bin Laden or the Taliban - whether he is a direct perpetrator of terror, or a facilitator.

Mr. Barak obliquely referred to the shooting today when he advised Israeli civilians to leave matters in the hands of the Israel Army, "which, as we saw today, is taking action against the direct perpetrators of terrorist attacks," he said.

The commission has proved that guerrilla groups were also responsible for the arbitrary execution of some members of their own organizations. . . . The majority of these acts were the product of a policy pre-established at a high command level hierarchically superior to the direct perpetrators.

Judge John G. Davies of the Federal District Court here sided with Mr. Keating's lawyers, who said Judge Ito had erred in telling jurors that Mr. Keating could be convicted as a direct perpetrator of fraudulent bond sales to investors.