Hamas militant gets 16 life terms for role in Sbarro bombing

[Gimel]

A female Hamas activist was sentenced by a military
tribunal Thursday to 16 consecutive life terms for
assisting the terrorist who blew up the Sbarro
restaurant in Jerusalem two years ago, killing 15
people.

Hamas activist Ahlam Tamimi drove the suicide bomber to
the site of the attack on August 9, 2001. Fifteen
people were killed and more than a hundred others were
wounded when the landmark restaurant in the center of
Jerusalem was blown up.

Tamimi did not express regret for her actions.
She was sentenced at the Ofer military camp to an
additional 15 years on top of the 16 life terms.

The suicide bomber who blew up Sbarro,
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[yotam]

1. *yawn*

She'll be released as part of future pal appeasement.
Arafat and co. are not the only ones with a revolving door policy of justice.

[Gimel]

4. "revolving door" policy

That is something else. Holding bargaining chips is another policy all together. If there is a prisoner release or an amnesty as part of an agreement, that's something else. Those two so-called "collaborators" have no such luck.

[LARED]

2. For a second I thought the

Palestinians sentenced her for her part in these murders.

[drdon326]

3. Now thats funny....

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[dudeness]

5. a quick observation

and possibly one for the magistrate to illuminate on..was the fact this particular individual was tried and convicted in an military tribunal an admission this was in fact a military operation?..the question being , would not the process of trial and subsequent decision based on evidence been more appropriately run through a civil court, where rules of evidence apply and a jury put in place?..

ps.. this is not a flame..
however i am finding the definition of combatants and non combatants confusing, particularily in relation to Gitmo bay..

[Gimel]

6. It seems that she was not a resident of Israel

But a Hamas member in the PA (or possibly E. Jerusalem ). Therefore, she wouldn't be under Israeli civil law.

Rules of evidence apply, but as in civil court (in Israel) no jury. Israel does not have a jury system.