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Making terrorists pay
TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- An Israeli human rights organization says it has proved the war on terror can be fought by private lawyers and won -- without the help of diplomats or armies.
In a telephone interview with United Press International, Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, director of Shurat HaDin -- Israel Law Center, a non-profit human rights organization -- explained how a group of lawyers has succeeded in its fight against terror groups -- litigating, on behalf of terror victims, against banks and organizations that provide funds for terrorism.
Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2012/09/11/Making-terrorists-pay/UPI-92301347348600/#ixzz269YTYkXY
In a telephone interview with United Press International, Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, director of Shurat HaDin -- Israel Law Center, a non-profit human rights organization -- explained how a group of lawyers has succeeded in its fight against terror groups -- litigating, on behalf of terror victims, against banks and organizations that provide funds for terrorism.
Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2012/09/11/Making-terrorists-pay/UPI-92301347348600/#ixzz269YTYkXY
