US terror victims: Prosecute Palestinian terrorists
A group of American victims of Palestinian terror called on US Attorney-General Eric Holder on Thursday to prosecute the perpetrators of the bombings that harmed them and their families.
The Parents Forum for Justice (PFJ), a group of US citizens and parents whose children were murdered or maimed by Palestinian terrorists in Israel over the past decade, sent a letter to Holder asking him to commence legal proceedings against prisoners freed in Israel’s recent deal with Hamas to release kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Schalit.
Under the 1991 US Anti-Terror Act, the United States can prosecute foreign nationals who perpetrate terrorism against American citizens, even if those acts are not carried out on US soil. However, for prosecution to proceed, the law requires the written certification of the American attorney-general that the offenses had been intended to “coerce, intimidate or retaliate against a government or civilian population.”
According to PFJ member and Jerusalem resident Alan Bauer, 83 American citizens were killed and 54 wounded in Palestinian terror attacks between 1993 and 2006.
http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=254255
This looks promising Kudos to the hardworking people at the PFJ. Let's hope Holder has the wherewithall to proceed in bringing justice to the 137 Americans killed or wounded by arab terrorists.
