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Blast Victims Can't Collect Holy Land Money
Dallas-Federal court of appeals has refused to allow victims of a terrorist attack in Israel to collect money seized from a Texas-based Muslim charity linked to the militant group Hamas.The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans issued its ruling Tuesday. A three-judge panel overturned a Texas district judge's ruling that victims of a 1997 bombing who had won a $214 million judgment against Hamas could collect money seized by the U.S. government from the Holy Land Foundation, which was linked to Hamas. The panel sided with the federal government, which had previously wanted the victims' lawsuit dismissed. Members of Holy Land were convicted in 2008 of terrorism-related charges as well as money laundering and tax fraud. Holy Land was once the nation's largest Muslim charity. Posted by: tipper 2013-06-26 |
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