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To: Bonefish who wrote (755652)	12/2/2013 8:20:38 PM
From: steve harris	Respond to of 1575793

Give'em a free cellphone and a few billion in bailout cash and you probably have a deal.

To: Bonefish who wrote (755652)	12/2/2013 9:44:27 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1575793

Court Awards $9 Million to Victims of Iranian-Backed Terrorism; State Department and government ............................................................................................................................................ Free Beacon ^ \| 12/2/13 \| Alana Goodman A U.S. district court has awarded millions in Iranian government funds to five American families who were victims of an Iranian-backed suicide bombing, despite objections from Tehran and the U.S. Department of Justice. The Nov. 27 ruling, which allows the American victims of a 1997 terrorist attack in Jerusalem to recover more than $9 million from a U.S.-based defense contractor that worked with Iran, was hailed as a precedent-setting case by the victims’ legal counsel. “After more than ten years of litigation in the federal court in San Diego, these victims and their families were awarded a Hanukah victory against the Iranian Ministry of Defense and will soon actually recover more than $9 million in funds!” said Israeli legal group Shurat HaDin, which represents the victims, in a statement on Monday. The victims were initially awarded $70 million in damages by a D.C. court in 2003. According to Shurat HaDin, the victims attempted to collect part of the settlement through a lien on frozen Iranian funds held by Cubic Defense Systems Inc., which had worked with the Iranian government before the 1979 Iranian Revolution. (Excerpt) Read more at freebeacon.com ...