US compensation lawsuit against Ya'alon dropped

[Scurrilous]

Lawsuit filed by New-York based 'Center for Constitutional Rights' against former army chief over 1996 Qana deaths thrown out of court

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3342675,00.html

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"In the United States last week the Washington DC District Court threw out a civil lawsuit against former IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. (res) Moshe Ya'alon demanding compensation on behalf of the families of those killed in the Lebanese village of Qana in 1996.

Ya'alon served as head of IDF Intelligence at the time. Justice Paul Freidman ruled that the bombing of Qana was an official government act and that Ya'alon, acting in his official capacity as an IDF officer, cannot be held personally accountable in a US court.

In April 1996 some 100 Lebanese citizens were killed from an errant shell in the village of Qana in southern Lebanon. The New-York based 'Center for Constitutional Rights' (CCR) filed the compensation suit on behalf of the families of those killed or wounded in the incident.

According to the organization's website the complaint alleges that "forces under Ya'alon's command were deliberately and wantonly attacking and killing internally displaced civilians who had taken refuge in a known and clearly-marked UN compound and failed to warn the United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon compound of impending attacks."

[Tom Joad]

1. Injustice, as usual.

[cali]

2. Or the Judge was simply

following U.S. law. I don't know enough to come to a conclusion about the decision. I rather doubt you do either.

[Scurrilous]

3. Following the law...

...does not necessarily preclude an unjust decision.

[oberliner]

4. Addams Family, right?

Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc:

We gladly feast on those who would subdue us?

[Scurrilous]

5. Yep..

MORTICIA turns to trace the FAMILY CREST, carved into the mausoleum.

THE TOP OF THE CREST IS A VULTURE. THE BACKGROUND IS COMPOSED OF THREE LION'S HEADS -- IN ONE PANEL, A HUNTSMAN HOLDS OPEN THE LION'S HEAD; IN ANOTHER PANEL, THE LION HAS SWALLOWED HIM UP TO HIS TORSO; IN THE LAST PANEL, THE LION HAS SWALLOWED THE HUNTSMAN COMPLETELY BUT FOR ONE DANGLING FOOT. ON A BANNER AT THE BOTTOM IS THE FAMILY MOTTO IN LATIN.

MORTICIA:

Three lions rampant. The vulture ascendant. And our
credo "Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc."

"We gladly feast on those who would subdue us."

(reflective)

Not just pretty words. As an Addams, you understand completely, don't you?

She stares levelly at him.

FESTER:

As an Addams, yes, I do.

[Tom Joad]

6. As i said elsewhere... the US may be led by imperialist racist morons

the US may be involved in some war of aggression most of the time... we are the only advanced nation without national healthcare...
but at least we have damn good tv... sometimes.