Washington - US Judge Orders Iran to Pay $25M for Family of Israeli Soldier Killed by Hamas


	Washington - US Judge Orders Iran to Pay $25M for Family of Israeli Soldier Killed by Hamas

brightlight4

4-21-2009 6:06 PM

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Why only Islamic Terrorist crimes and human rights abuses are judged by the US courts and others ignored?

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4-21-2009 7:17 PM

Seosamh Dalzell

This must be some kind of joke! Or a very skewed sense of justice.

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