Posted on 02/11/2007 7:52:03 AM PST by grey_whiskers
An important bank in the Arab world offers accounts paying a type of life insurance to the families of Palestinian suicide bombers. But now it could soon face a lawsuit from American lawyers representing the victims.
On the morning of the day before he planned to blow himself up, Bassam Takruri wore a freshly ironed shirt, a blazer and polished shoes. At 10 a.m., the student said goodbye to his father, who gave him ten shekels in pocket money. It was a beautiful Saturday in May in the Palestinian town of Hebron.
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Unless you think of it as a "loss leader" ?
Cheers!
Well, it could fail to detonate, after all.
Not much of a stat gamble, but there is that.
Doesn't sound like an insurance company to make money. Seems to me it is Saudi financing of terrorists.
Doesn't sound like an insurance company to make money. Seems to me it is Saudi financing of terrorists.
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Yup, it's just a bribe, poorly masked, extra money to put potential martyrs over the edge.
My son blew up and I got a lot more than this lousy T-Shirt.
Do they deny the claim if you don't take any Zionists or Crusaders out?
Do they charge more if you participate in sky diving or SCUBA?
Hard to believe that American lawyers are doing something good for a change.
They owe the rest of humanity BIG TIME!!!
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
It's an Islamic bank,(insane is the norm) which in itself is against Islamic religious doctrine. Islam forbids charging of intrest. Or working for a place that charges intrest. They have to stay in business somehow, I guess charging a fee for services is how they stay in business. Why they call it a "Bank" I don't know.
I'm waiting to see the first scammer on this .... send someone off in your name then collect ....
Ranks right up there with 'Islamic banking' where interest is forbidden.
In America, most, if not all life insurance policies have a specific exclusion for suicide. In some countries, like Japan, that is not the case. You read stories ever once in a while of some over-indebted salary-man killing himself so his wife and kids can have the insurance money to pay of the debts, mortgage, etc.
This is even more over the top. The only way the Arab banks would make money is to make the insurance so expensive no one could afford it anyway. But like some people have already said, it's not about making money anyway.
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