Cohen should know, if this suit gets that far, that all those terrorists he's representing can be deposed and their records subpoenaed.
Personally, I'd like to see all of the plaintiffs named in the suit have their naturalized citizenship revoked or their green cards pulled and sent back to where they came from--and they can put Cohen on that plane as well.
April 14, 2002 |
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Remember Stanley Cohen? Of course you do. He is the Lawyer with the "just woke up hair" that has appeared on virtually every news program criticizing the US on everything from the John Walker Linn case to our treatment of the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. Well apparently Stanley has taken ambulance chasing to a new level. According to a Newsday article, Stanley was going to the West Bank to take affidavits from Palestinian-American "victims" of Israeli military action. The purpose is to file a lawsuit in the US declaring that Israel's military actions in the West Bank are terrorism. The goal of the lawsuit is to block future military aid to Israel. The story gets better. On Thursday night FOX News interviewed Stanley from somewhere on the West Bank. He was seated next to Ishmal Abu Shanab, a spokesman for Hamas. Evidently, Stanley picked up a few new clients including Hamas. You know, the same Hamas that is on our terrorist list. I guess there is no limit to what a Lawyer can get away with in the Land of the Free.
Cohen has been the Hamas lawyer for quite some time.
May 8, 1996
Web posted at: 11 p.m EDT (0300 GMT)
NEW YORK (CNN) -- A federal district judge ruled Wednesday that Mousa Mohammad Abu Marzook, the jailed political leader of Hamas, can be extradited to Israel for trial.
Marzook, a 45-year-old Palestinian, was detained July 25 in New York as he tried to re-enter the United States.
He had recently been added to a list of suspected terrorists and is wanted in Israel on charges of murder, attempted murder, and conspiracy connected to a number of shootings and bombings.
Marzook contended that he was not in the United States when arrested, that there was no evidence of criminal liability against him under New York law, and that the crimes Israel accuses him of were not extraditable offenses.
Marzook also said he should not be extradited because he also fell under the "political offense exception" under international extradition law. He contends he was being targeted because he admitted to being the head of the political wing of Hamas.
U.S. District Judge Kevin Duffy rejected all those arguments, saying that the conspiracy charge leveled against Marzook was grounds enough for his extradition. Duffy said there is sufficient evidence to show Marzook was a member of the conspiracy that led to the crimes.
Marzook's lawyer said the order came sooner than expected, but says he knew his client would lose because Judge Duffy so quickly brushed aside defense arguments about manufactured evidence.
"It's almost as if the judge just said, 'Well, don't bother me. This is all irrelevant.' The minutia of an extradition process apparently was much too boring for the court," said Marzook's attorney, Stanley Cohen.
Among the 10 Israeli charges, Marzook is accused of involvement in the bombing of a bus in Tel Aviv in October 1994. Twenty-two people died in the bombing and 46 were injured.
Cohen has said in the past he would appeal any extradition order. He told CNN Wednesday that he would appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, if necessary.
Marzook is being held at the Manhattan Metropolitan Correctional Center. Marzook, who has a home, business and family in Virginia, admitted he headed the political wing of Hamas, but denied involvement in bombings or other violence. Even if his appeals to higher courts fail, he may not be seen in Israel for several more years.
Wonder if Cynthia McKinney has returned his donation yet?
Did HILLARY egg this group on???
They have been doing it with airplanes loaded with innocent people too...JFK