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  • Islamic charities found liable for West Bank slaying

    12/09/2004 2:12:05 PM PST · by weegee · 9 replies · 483+ views
    Associated Press via Houston Chronicle ^ | Dec. 9, 2004, 7:34AM | By MIKE ROBINSON
    The parents of an American teenager killed by gunmen in the West Bank won $156 million from three Islamic groups and an alleged Hamas fund-raiser, one of the first jury awards against U.S.-based institutions accused of supporting terrorism. A federal court jury set $52 million in damages Wednesday in the suit brought by the parents of 17-year-old David Boim, who was shot near the Israeli settlement of Beit El. U.S. Magistrate Arlander Keys tripled the amount in accord with U.S. anti-terrorism law. The case was the first in which jurors awarded damages from U.S.-based charities accused of bankrolling Hamas, according...