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US State Department Outrage

by René | February 17, 2008 at 02:16 am | 415 views | add comment

Palestinians Ask U.S. To Intervene in Suits Over Terrorist Attacks

By Glenn Kessler, Washington Post Staff Writer

Tuesday, February 12, 2008; Page A15

The State Department is considering supporting the Palestinian Authority in its quest to avoid paying hundreds of millions of dollars in judgments won by American victims of Palestinian terrorist attacks in Israel, according to Palestinian officials and defense lawyers involved in the cases.

U.S. officials insist that no decision has been made regarding the complex litigation, which could force the Bush administration to choose between supporting compensation for victims of terrorism and bolstering the Palestinian government as the United States presses for a breakthrough in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.

Testimony in Israeli courts has connected senior Palestinian leaders -- such as the late Yasser Arafat -- to specific terrorist attacks involved in the lawsuits. But Palestinian officials have argued that it makes no sense for the United States to be providing millions of dollars in aid to the Palestinian Authority while U.S. courts are threatening to bankrupt it.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is involved in this.

My question is, and has been, is "Why are we providing millions of dollars in aid to this terrorist organization in the first place?"

And don't try to tell me this is not a terrorist organization, cuz the proof is in their actions.

What kind of government is this? that would side with the terrorist murderers against their own citzens, the victims? That they would even stoop to consider it appalls me.

You can contact Secretary Rice before a decision is made (deadline is end of February). A general State Department e-mail can be sent to here.

You can call the State Department at 202-647-5225.

Act today, the State Department will be making a decision soon.