Mariane Pearl sues al Qaeda over husband's killing

Reuters ^ | July 18, 2008

[weegee]

"NOT the Bin Laden billions!!!"

[silverleaf]

She’s supposedly a Buddhist.

Was Buddha into litigation as a form of justice?

[roses of sharon]

Your correct.

I like this action by Pearl, it is at least an improvement on her efforts to make nice with the Islamic Cults.

[SuziQ]

The process of “discovery” should be interesting in this case!

So true!

[AnotherUnixGeek]

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?

[Mi-kha-el]

She wants to sue these animals?

http://www.faithfreedom.org/Gallery/7.htm

[what's up]

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.

[tcrlaf]

But...
But....

Didn’t daddy say it was BUSH that held the knife to his throat?

[Kaslin]

No, that was the father of Nicolas Berg who said that

[samtheman]

Best of luck to Mrs. Pearl. Any lawsuit against Al Queda is a good one.

I agree.

[Valpal1]

LOL, love it!

[FortWorthPatriot]

What? I thought it was Bush’s fault. Why is she suing the innocent, peace-loving Islamists?

[InvisibleChurch]

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.

[stm]

The theory may not be but the practice is just plain stupid. Who are they going to subpoena to appear, bin Laden, al Zawahiri?

[P.O.E.]

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?

[AnotherUnixGeek]

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.

[OrioleFan]

Maybe now the Liberals (er Progressives) will fess up that terrorism is not a law enforcement problem. Wishful thinking.

[Teacher317]

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.

[Gay State Conservative]

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.

[Veto!]

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.