Judge awards $300M in each of 2 suicide bombings, page 1
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Topic started on 20-5-2011 @ 07:51 AM by liejunkie01
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It looks like being victim of a suicide bombing really pays off. Money solves everything.

Judge awards $300M in each of 2 suicide bombings

WASHINGTON – A federal judge has awarded $300 million in punitive damages in each of two suicide bombings blamed on Iran and Iranian-backed Islamic groups.

One of Thursday's rulings came on behalf of the family of Alan Beer, a U.S. citizen who was killed in Jerusalem in 2003 in the bombing of a bus by the Iran-backed organization Hamas.

The other award was made to American citizen Seth Haim, his father and his brother. They were injured in the 1995 bombing of a bus in the Gaza Strip by the Iranian-supported Shaqaqi Faction of the Palestine Islamic Jihad.

U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth said he was making the awards — which will be difficult, perhaps impossible, for the families to collect — in the interest of deterring future terrorist attacks.

In both cases, survivors sued Iran and so to collect Lamberth's award, their lawyers must find Iranian assets in a country with judges willing to order those assets seized on their behalf based on Lamberth's rulings.

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110519/ap_on_go_ot/us_iran_awards

I think that this is a waste of resources here. Is this really going to make a difference?



U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth said he was making the awards — which will be difficult, perhaps impossible, for the families to collect — in the interest of deterring future terrorist attacks.


This is the most absurd statement ever. A lawsuit is going to deter future attacks.

What a waste of time.
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