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Mariane Pearl sues al Qaeda over husband's killing
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| July 18, 2008
Posted on 07/18/2007 9:47:37 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Valpal1
"NOT the Bin Laden billions!!!"
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posted on
07/18/2007 10:10:26 AM PDT
by
weegee
(If the Fairness Doctrine is imposed on USA who will CNN news get to read the conservative rebuttal)
To: Kaslin
She’s supposedly a Buddhist.
Was Buddha into litigation as a form of justice?
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posted on
07/18/2007 10:12:57 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
To: Valpal1
Your correct.
I like this action by Pearl, it is at least an improvement on her efforts to make nice with the Islamic Cults.
To: VOA
The process of discovery should be interesting in this case!So true!
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posted on
07/18/2007 10:20:56 AM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: stm
Good luck collecting girlie. The very idea of suing Al Qaeda is downright stupid.
The idea of suing al-Qaeda's financiers and brokers isn't. These guys need money for their weapons, transport, training, propoganda, and bribes to local officials, and they don't get that money from the trees. How much effort has the US put into shutting down Saudi financing and Pakistani brokering of the money for these terrorists?
To: stm
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posted on
07/18/2007 10:27:19 AM PDT
by
Mi-kha-el
((There is no Pravda in Izvestiya and no Izvestiya in Pravda.))
To: Kaslin
The movie "A Mighty Heart" surprisingly did not present the terrorists in a nice light. I thought with Jolie in it it might.
Best of luck to Mrs. Pearl. Any lawsuit against Al Queda is a good one.
To: Kaslin
But...
But....
Didn’t daddy say it was BUSH that held the knife to his throat?
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posted on
07/18/2007 10:31:16 AM PDT
by
tcrlaf
(VOTE Democrat! You'll look GREAT in Burqa!)
To: tcrlaf
No, that was the father of Nicolas Berg who said that
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posted on
07/18/2007 10:36:41 AM PDT
by
Kaslin
(Fred Thompson for President 2008)
To: tcrlaf
Best of luck to Mrs. Pearl. Any lawsuit against Al Queda is a good one.
I agree.
To: weegee
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posted on
07/18/2007 10:44:46 AM PDT
by
Valpal1
("I know the fittest have not survived when I watch Congress on CSPAN.")
To: Kaslin
What? I thought it was Bush’s fault. Why is she suing the innocent, peace-loving Islamists?
To: Gay State Conservative
Maybe a court decidion would freeze Saudi Arabian assets until a zillion dollar claim could be collected. The KKK took the biggest hit when the govt went after its financials.
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posted on
07/18/2007 10:52:36 AM PDT
by
InvisibleChurch
(Forty on the highway, forty in the driveway.)
To: AnotherUnixGeek
The theory may not be but the practice is just plain stupid. Who are they going to subpoena to appear, bin Laden, al Zawahiri?
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posted on
07/18/2007 10:53:58 AM PDT
by
stm
(Fred Thompson in 08! Return our country to the era of Reagan Conservatism)
To: Kaslin
If I recall, didn’t the hostages from the 70’s sue Iran? And didn’t the Clinton administration try to block enforcement of the judgment?
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posted on
07/18/2007 10:59:48 AM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(School's Out. Drive Safely)
To: stm
Who are they going to subpoena to appear, bin Laden, al Zawahiri?
Hopefully they will subpoena the Habib Bank officials who knowingly passed money on from wealthy Saudi financiers to Pakistani-based terrorists, including Khalid Sheikh Muhammad. Part of solving the terrorist problem is to choke off their money supply.
To: Kaslin
Maybe now the Liberals (er Progressives) will fess up that terrorism is not a law enforcement problem. Wishful thinking.
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posted on
07/18/2007 11:09:01 AM PDT
by
OrioleFan
(Republicans believe every day is July 4th, but DemocRATs believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
To: Kaslin
May provide a good lesson for the fools who can think but vote Dem anyway... playing this global war out in the courtrooms is likely to be useless, fruitless, counter-productive, and a waste of time, treasure, and manpower. Hopefully the lesson will carry over.
To: InvisibleChurch
The KKK took the biggest hit when the govt went after its financials. But the Klan's assets,one would assume,were located within the US.One would also assume that the Klan didn't produce a very big percentage of the world's oil output.
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posted on
07/18/2007 11:26:49 AM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(If martyrdom is so cool,why does Osama Obama go to such great lengths to avoid it?)
To: roses of sharon; Valpal1
The Pearl family are indeed whacko liberals, but they seem to have had some sane advice. Suing the bank is a brilliant move. And even though some of the defendants are impossible to find, others are not.
I look forward to following this case. If Pearl wins a substantial judgment, it will lead to hundreds or thousands of other lawsuits brought by families of victims. Come to think of it, didn’t 911 families sue Bin Laden?
Pure speculation: The PR value of this case and others that may follow could be great in terms of influencing moderate Muslims who distance themselves from terrorism because it has nothing to do with them. Judgments against their banks might bring the issue closer to home and cause them to take a stand against terrorists. We’ll see.
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posted on
07/18/2007 11:29:41 AM PDT
by
Veto!
(Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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