Iran fined $2.65 billion for terrorism (1 Viewer)

[PrinceHarry]

Iran fined $2.65 billion for terrorism
By MATT APUZZO, Associated Press Writer 2 minutes ago


WASHINGTON - Iran must pay $2.65 billion to the families of the 241 U.S. service members killed in the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, a federal judge declared Friday in a ruling that left survivors and families shedding tears of joy.

U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth described his ruling as the largest-ever such judgment by an American court against another country. "These individuals, whose hearts and souls were forever broken, waited patiently for nearly a quarter century for justice to be done," he said.

Iran has been blamed for supporting the militant group Hezbollah, which carried out the suicide bombing in Beirut. It was the worst terrorist act against U.S. targets until the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

Hundreds of people crowded into a federal courtroom to hear Friday's ruling. Parents have grown old since their children were killed. Siblings have grown into middle-age. Children have married and started families of their own.
Weeping spectators stood and erupted in applause and hugs as Lamberth left the bench.

The ruling allows nearly 1,000 family members and a handful of survivors to try to collect Iranian assets from various sources around the world. Finding and seizing that money will be difficult, however, and the families are backing a law in Congress that would make it easier for terrorism victims and their families to do so.

Families were encouraged by Libya's decision to ultimately accept responsibility for the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am flight over Scotland. The country, once a pariah by Washington's view, agreed to compensate the families of the 270 victims. Part of the $2.7 billion has been paid. A final $2 million installment to each family is outstanding.

"This is a sense of victory, of winning a battle," said Paul Rivers, who was a 20-year-old enlisted Marine on the second floor of the barracks when it exploded. "When we win the war is when we collect, when we make them pay for what they did."

Iran has denied responsibility for the attack. The nation did not respond to the 6-year-old lawsuit and was represented only by an empty table.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070908/ap_on_go_ot/iran_terrorism

Justice at last :mad1:

 

[MaNiElla]

Justice at last :mad1:

Finally! :mad1:

 

[S1M0]

I think the fact that we place a monetary equivalent on human life may be one of the massive failings of our society.

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[wrxsti]

a 3 year old can explain to you that Iran wont pay 2.65billion ............. those poeple will never see the money and everybody knows it.

 

[PrinceHarry]

Maybe,maybe not. Libya have been paying out billions to lockerbie victims plus US Court can order confiscation of Iranian assets in the US

 

[wasupdog]

How about when US Marines shot a Iranian Civilian 747 out of the sky killing 400 innocent passengers - it was captured on film - and the US Marine loved every second of it laughing their way through the murder!

funny thing is america is falling, they no it and they want to bring the whole world down with it

http://www.history.com/exhibits/mil...rs/mb_iasd.html

Summary: On patrol in the Persian Gulf, the USS Vincennes shot down an Iranian passenger jet that it had mistaken for a hostile Iranian fighter aircraft. U.S. Navy Captain Will C. Rogers III ordered a single missile fired from his warship, which hit its target and killed all 290 people aboard the commercial airbus. The attack came towards the end of the Iran-Iraq War, while U.S. vessels in the Persian Gulf had been patrolling to ward off Iranian attacks on Kuwaiti oil tankers. The international community was outraged by the American attack on a large civilian aircraft, but the Pentagon and White House defended the action.

The United States claimed that the aircraft was outside the commercial jet flight corridor, flying at only 7,000 feet, and on a descent toward the Vincennes. One month later, U.S. authorities admitted that both the Vincennes and the airbus had been within a recognized commercial flightpath, and that the Iranian jet was flying at 12,000 feet and not descending. The U.S. Navy's final report blamed crew error caused by psychological stress on men in combat for the first time.

cant wait until china dumps 1.33bn us treasury bonds on the market, followed by the whole middle east asking for euros in return for oil, america will have a bigger recession that the great recession


oh the real reason for going to iraq was coz sadam was asking for euros instead of US dollars. america feared of a domino effect with the whole middle east following this trend, which in fact syria did and now iran

now people will be asking how does oil relate to the US dollar? dumb president nixon (1971) changed from the gold standard of currency to the oil standard

THE MIDDLE EAST IS TEH BIGGEST THREAT TO THE USA ECONOMY/DOLLAR. IF ARAB COUNTRIES START ASKING FOR EURO, US DOLLAR WILL COLLAPSE. THE US DOLLAR HAS OIL TO BACK ITSLEF UP WHERE AS AUSTRALIA has (GOLD) AND SO DOES THE EURO (GOLD). WHEN MIDDLE EAST ASKS FOR EURO, WHAT HAPNS? OIL IS NOT BACKING US DOLLAR UP THEREFORE THE US DOLLAR VALUE DEPRECIATES, HENCE THEY GO AND FORCE THE IRAQ's TO ASK FOR US DOLLARS, AND THE SAME IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH IRAN

why do you think US treats the arabian palencia (saudia arabia, UAE) like their friends and gives them as many weapons they ask, coz if they change to the euro US is fucked and they no it.

OIL IS THE CURRENCY NOT THE DOLLAR


BTW watch this movie zeitgeist the movie, its really good, about religion, war, and how the bush family made billions fron teh vietnam war and now the iraq war, it aso discusses how bushes grandfath precott bush funded adolf hitlers war plans. you can watch it free on this site
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5547481422995115331

 

[Ron Paul]

What complete bullshit.

"When we win the war is when we collect, when we make them pay for what they did."

 

[onebytwo]

How about when US Marines shot a Iranian Civilian 747 out of the sky killing 400 innocent passengers - it was captured on film - and the US Marine loved every second of it laughing their way through the murder!

cant wait for the for the tens of thousands of iraqi families seizing assets of americans for the trauma of the iraq war.

 

[wasupdog]

What complete bullshit.

"When we win the war is when we collect, when we make them pay for what they did."

STFU and do abit of research b4 u reply

HERE IS THE FUCKING PROOF

http://www.trinicenter.com/oops/iraqeuro.html


http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=CLA20060210&articleId=1937

 

[Azamakumar]

Wont happen fool, America gave Iraq democracy. Gave it to them!! They would not dream of suing America. And if they did some faggot would cry to the UN.

 

[Ron Paul]

Edit:

 

[Riet]

We should liberate those motherfuckers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfoQsZa8F1c

 

[dubya's dildo]

We should liberate those motherfuckers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfoQsZa8F1c

WE SHALL BRING DEMOCRACY TO THEIR LANDS IN RETURN FOR OIL AND SEXUAL FAVOURS.

 

[Azamakumar]

Peace Love Unity Respect.

 

[wasupdog]

Edit:

sorry mate. misunderstood u

 

[wrxsti]

cant wait for the for the tens of thousands of iraqi families seizing assets of americans for the trauma of the iraq war.

lets imagine that the US paid compensation for every life it took...........
that figure is too big to place in a computer.

 

[onebytwo]

Wont happen fool, America gave Iraq democracy. Gave it to them!! They would not dream of suing America. And if they did some faggot would cry to the UN.

are you serious? you dont give someone a democracy. and if you think iraq is a fully functional democray atm, then your confused. lets see the lasting "democracy" 30 years from today when another saddam hussein is in power.

 

[Azamakumar]

are you serious? you dont give someone a democracy. and if you think iraq is a fully functional democray atm, then your confused. lets see the lasting "democracy" 30 years from today when another saddam hussein is in power.

Maybe you didn't realise that I was drawing attention to the fact that the Iraqi government sits in Bush's pocket. Not to mention that the US seems to enjoy running to the UN when it suits them.

Or should I just tone down the sarcasm?

 

[Azamakumar]

I know a fellow who read the daily telegraph regarding this and was quite miffed, I'll have you know.

I found the mx a thorough read on the aforementioned topic.

 

[PrinceHarry]

How about when US Marines shot a Iranian Civilian 747 out of the sky killing 400 innocent passengers - it was captured on film - and the US Marine loved every second of it laughing their way through the murder!

funny thing is america is falling, they no it and they want to bring the whole world down with it




cant wait until china dumps 1.33bn us treasury bonds on the market, followed by the whole middle east asking for euros in return for oil, america will have a bigger recession that the great recession


oh the real reason for going to iraq was coz sadam was asking for euros instead of US dollars. america feared of a domino effect with the whole middle east following this trend, which in fact syria did and now iran

now people will be asking how does oil relate to the US dollar? dumb president nixon (1971) changed from the gold standard of currency to the oil standard

THE MIDDLE EAST IS TEH BIGGEST THREAT TO THE USA ECONOMY/DOLLAR. IF ARAB COUNTRIES START ASKING FOR EURO, US DOLLAR WILL COLLAPSE. THE US DOLLAR HAS OIL TO BACK ITSLEF UP WHERE AS AUSTRALIA has (GOLD) AND SO DOES THE EURO (GOLD). WHEN MIDDLE EAST ASKS FOR EURO, WHAT HAPNS? OIL IS NOT BACKING US DOLLAR UP THEREFORE THE US DOLLAR VALUE DEPRECIATES, HENCE THEY GO AND FORCE THE IRAQ's TO ASK FOR US DOLLARS, AND THE SAME IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH IRAN

why do you think US treats the arabian palencia (saudia arabia, UAE) like their friends and gives them as many weapons they ask, coz if they change to the euro US is fucked and they no it.

OIL IS THE CURRENCY NOT THE DOLLAR


BTW watch this movie zeitgeist the movie, its really good, about religion, war, and how the bush family made billions fron teh vietnam war and now the iraq war, it aso discusses how bushes grandfath precott bush funded adolf hitlers war plans. you can watch it free on this site
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5547481422995115331

LOL your post and your source seems to contradict eachother. Typical exaggeration we'd expect from an arab like the number of people killed in lebanon by israeli airstrike.

You said 400 civilians are killed but your own source said 290 people are killed which the US already agreed to pay compensation. Why add an extra 110 people? :rofl:

cant wait for the for the tens of thousands of iraqi families seizing assets of americans for the trauma of the iraq war.

Me too , since 99.99% of people killed in Iraq are by Muslim terrorists I think muslims world wide have the responsibility to pay compensation to those iraqis killed by Osama and his co.