The judge remarked: "It is depressing to realize that a country organized on a religious basis with religious rule of law could and would execute its power for purposes which most countries would find intolerable and loathsome."
He's in for a rude awakening, if it should ever occur to him that Sudan's "organization on a religious basis with religious rule of law" (i.e., Sharia, with the doctrine of armed jihad) and the country's "executing its power" for "intolerable and loathsome" purposes are in fact cause and effect.
By Kristen Gelineau for the Associated Press:
RICHMOND, Va. - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Sudan to pay nearly $8 million to the families of 17 sailors killed in the 2000 terrorist attack on the USS Cole.
The families had sought $105 million, but U.S. District Judge Robert G. Doumar in Norfolk ordered Sudan to pay $7.96 million.
Doumar applied the Death on the High Seas Act, which permits compensation for economic losses but not for pain and suffering.
"It is depressing to realize that a country organized on a religious basis with religious rule of law could and would execute its power for purposes which most countries would find intolerable and loathsome," Doumar wrote in his ruling. "It is a further tragedy that the laws of the United States, in this instance, provide no remedy for the psychological and emotional losses suffered by the survivors."
The families accused Sudan's government of providing support, including money and training, that allowed al-Qaida to attack the destroyer while it was in the harbor of Aden, Yemen, on Oct. 12, 2000. In March, Doumar found the African country liable for the attack on the now-repaired Navy destroyer. His ruling Wednesday reaffirmed those findings.
"I was a little bit disappointed in the overall ruling, because we figured we was going to get more, but I'm happy that that part of the case is over," said Lorrie Triplett, 39, of Suffolk, whose husband, Andrew, died on the Cole. "For myself and my girls, I am happy for the ruling — it will suffice them."
Sudan had sought unsuccessfully to dismiss the lawsuit on the grounds that too much time had passed between the bombing and the filing of the lawsuit in 2004. Lawyers representing the Sudanese government did not offer opening statements or closing arguments or question any witnesses.
An attorney for the families has said it would be up to the lawyers to collect damages from Sudan's assets that have been frozen in the United States.
This judge's remark makes it sound as if the basis of the First Amendment free exercise and non-establishment clauses was a whim.
"It is depressing to realize that a country organized on a religious basis with religious rule of law could and would execute its power for purposes which most countries would find intolerable and loathsome.."
Yup. Makes me think of Saudi Jihadia.
"It is a further tragedy that the laws of the United States, in this instance, provide no remedy for the psychological and emotional losses suffered by the survivors."
What the hell does that mean? I didn't know that the role of the government is to provide remedies for psychological and emotional losses.
What a stupid statement.
Reading the judge's statement, I don't exactly find it disagreeable. He recognizes that Sudan is 'organized on a "religious" basis with "religious" rule of law', and that it 'executes its power for purposes which most countries would find intolerable and loathsome'.
It's just the unstated conjunction that has to be filled in: whether the misuse of its power is in spite of, or rather because of its being organized on a 'religious' (read Islamic) basis.
Somehow, I missed Sudan being behind the Cole attack - I always thought it was Yemen/al Qaeda. Nonetheless, it's good that their frozen assets in the US risk getting confiscated - that's the only way to get anything out of them.
Now I can only 'hope' that the judge will crack open a koran, hadiths and surrahs to find out why this 'religion' does such things.
"The judge remarked: "It is depressing to realize that a country organized on a religious basis with religious rule of law could and would execute its power for purposes which most countries would find intolerable and loathsome."
It is a common mistake among ignorant non-Muslims to think that Islam is founded on the Golden Rule. I once thought that, too. It is the only major religion (as far as I know) that does not have the Golden Rule as its foundation. Islam is founded on the principal that Islam must dominate, Muslims must dominate, and do unto everybody else for everything they've got. It's a plunder religion where deception, exploitation and killing on non-Muslims is the "do unto others".
The Judge should should have awarded the whole country of Sudan to the families as compensation for their loses. Then we could send the 101st airborne to take possession.
The judge is as dumb as a dhimmi can be.
Bomb Sudan and demand everything of value from Sudan in compensation for our losses. Bomb them until they come to their senses. If they resist, bomb them again and again until they're utterly and totally defeated.
Strike fear in the hearts of the enemy. It works. Every good Mudslime will agree with you....
Tick-tock, how long will it be for the State Department to intervene or use the Justice Department to intervene on this ruling.
The State Department will make sure no money is collected by the families.
Let's clarify what he really meant:
I've come to the realization that sudan (and other counties as well), founded on islam and sharia behaved, and continues to behave, in a manner countries founded on Judeo-Christian ethos, find abhorrent.
There fixed it.
lol...good luck trying to collect it.
"lol...good luck trying to collect it.
Posted by: jcom972 "
...collecting is the easy part, just deduct the payment from the next aid package we send to the cesspool...
"... exercise its power for purposes which most countries would find intolerable and loathsome."
...except the countries of Saudi Arabia, Iran,
syria, Egypt, the citizens of Pakistan, Indonesia, etc., etc., etc.....
It goes on and on.
I forgot Venezuala.