Holder Won’t Prosecute Palestinian Killers of 54 U.S. Civilians
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Murderer Ahlam Tamimi has no regrets.
News broke out last week that the US has captured Osama Bin-Laden’s son-in-law, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith. It appears that the former Al-Qaeda spokesman was picked up as he was traveling from Turkey to Amman.
But in Amman, capital city of Jordan, resides a woman who was far more active than Abu Ghaith in killing and maiming American citizens. Ahlam Tamimi, described as a university student and part-time journalist, planned the Sbarro massacre of August 2001 in Jerusalem, and personally led the guitar-case carrying bomber to the crowded destination.
President Obama is planning to visit Israel, the Palestinian Authority, and Amman, Jordan this month. He could do a great service in the fight against terrorism by publicly committing his administration to the active prosecution of Palestinians who willfully murdered and wounded American citizens. U.S. terror victims are not asking for favors; we are asking our government to bring justice to those who have been devastated by wanton Palestinian terror funded by U.S. tax dollars.
Fifteen people were murdered in the Sbarro massive explosion, including two American citizens, and another four Americans were wounded. Tamimi was arrested, tried, and sentenced to sixteen life sentences in Israeli jail. But in October, 2011, she went free as part of the deal Israel made to release captive soldier Gilad Shalit. Today, Tamimi sits in Amman where she has her own talk show. As to her role in the bombing, one can hear it in her own words:
The story of Tamimi is the story of failed U.S. law enforcement as it should apply to Palestinian terrorists. After the murder of Leon Klinghoffer on the Achille Lauro, in 1985, the U.S. passed a set of laws to make a terror act against a U.S. citizen anywhere in the world an offense prosecutable in U.S. federal court. A summary of the laws may be found here. These laws form the basis for the extradition of terrorists and pirates, but, to date, the U.S. has never applied these laws to a Palestinian terrorist involved in the death or injury of an American citizen.
This state of affairs is not due to a lack of information: from the 1993 signing of the Oslo Accords to 2006, the tail end of the “Second Intifada,” Palestinian terrorists have murdered 54 American citizens and wounded another 84—including this author and his son—a total of 72 separate terror attacks. The FBI dutifully opened files on every attack and a new office was opened in the Department of Justice to “monitor” such cases: the Office of Justice for Victims of Overseas Terrorism (OJVOT).
If anything should be abolished during the present “sequester,” it is this office: the number of Palestinian terrorists tried since this OJVOT came into existence in 2005 is equal to the number prior to that date: Zero.
While no Palestinian terrorist has ever been extradited by the U.S., the DoJ has been busy coordinating with Israel the transfer to the U.S. of accused drug dealers and wanted criminals. Since 2004, two years after my son and I were the recipients of Palestinian shrapnel from a suicide bombing, I have begged and pleaded with U.S. officials to prosecute Palestinian terrorists. While their responses have uniformly been of sincere concern and determination (“The United States is committed to seeking justice for our citizens victimized by terrorism whether at home or abroad…”—AG Holder to this author), no Palestinian terrorist has ever been prosecuted.
When Israel was set to release hundreds of convicted terrorists in the aforementioned Shalit deal, I frantically contacted officials in the US government: the two women who brought “our” bomber to downtown Jerusalem were on the launch pad for release. The U.S. belatedly passed along to the Israeli government that no terrorist with American blood on his or her hands should be released. This note was given the day before the prisoner exchange. Needless to say, Israel ignored the request and not a word was said in Washington about the matter.
The reason is simple: Washington never expected Israel to comply, because our cases are irrelevant to the FBI and the DoJ. When the terrorists were released in exchange for the Israeli soldier, the FBI could not even figure out who got out: they could not translate the names because identity numbers were missing digits. Finally, an American lawyer who has worked harder than all of the various governmental agencies combined for U.S. terror victims, informed the FBI that 15 terrorists directly involved in the murder and maiming of American civilians walked free.
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since there is no oversight or rules, they can do what they want…I usually disagree with Rand Paul 95% of the time…This time he was right…”a broken clock is right twice a day”
WHAT!!!!!
Thos woman should have a price on her head. Instead of living it up in an Arab country and having her own talk show she should be dead or on death row!
A team consisting of a special Israeli commando force should enter Jordan as tourists from a third country ater they have located the area where this bitch lives, then secrete her out to Israelor trial, possibly by boat.
The U.S. should press forward with the capture of this woman terrorist!
The U.S. should press forward with the capture of this woman terrorist!
One thing I NEVER expect of Holder is justice.
I agree Holder is weak as an AG (for lots of reasons unrelated to this issue), however one cannot help but wonder what Isreal was thinking in letting such a dangerous person go in the first place! It sort of reminds of the saying ” those who live in glass houses should not throw stones”.
Back away from the drugs, Holder. (and Hagel, and Obama, and Kerry, and Brennan, etc) It's the only explanation for some of their actions.
It's not their drug use it's much more than just the drug useage. These people we pay a huge salary to are abusive and cruel.
they're a slimy bunch of bad actors.
With this attitude we better work harder on keeping our second ammendment rights.
Ahlam Tamimi and her i.
lk are destined to dwell for all eternity in Dante's Ninth Circle of Hell.
I think we've arrived.
And so it continues…evil in our land…
This Admiministration cannot be counted on to mete justice to those who were responsible for the deaths of U.S. citizens. Is it because they are 'palestinians?'
Now Holder thinks that the US justice system can learn from Saudi Arabia. Learn what exactly? How murder and enslave people?
And this is surprising why? obama has engaged in outreach to the Muslim Brotherhood (billions in funding), al Qaeda (billions in funding in N Africa and Syria), hezbollah ($100MILLION a year in weapons) and hamas ($900MILLION a year in unsupervised cash funding). The goal of the obama administration – as promoted by his paymaster soros – is the eradication of the Jewish State and any segment of democracies in the MidEast.
Would like to be sure your DONATIONS are correct? Where can we get these absurd GIFTS verified.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3676485,00.html
Alan Kardon http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-13/lawmakers-drop-opposition-to-100-million-u-s-military-aid-for-lebanon.html
Alan Kardon This is allegedly "humanitarian" aid but like with hamas, no controls
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/27/us-aid-to-syria-rebels-medical-food_n_2776868.html
Arie's Pragmatic Politics – don't forget the more $500 million/year the US government gives UNRWA to clothe, house and feed those same terrorists
Holder won't prosecute any of "his people" as he puts it. The Black Panthers have been given a "pass" for their hostile actions and the murderer of Fr. Hood is not called "a terrorist". Holder is the worst Attorney General America has ever had fostered on them. However, I believe his day will come, to answer for his actions. All Justice is not done here and now.
This team is the most most unqualified people that only could reach their positions based on their minority status…. Holder should been fired long time ago but thanks, to his buddy, president, he will continue to brake the same laws he was hired to protect. And, the same as his buddy, president, it is never his fault.
Thank you to Larisa Zelenko for bringing this to my attention. A letter to our president is a good response. Davening to Hashem is another! Let's pray that the season of our redemption is fulfilled in all ways.
Holder is nothing but a commie muslum asshole.