Wednesday, December 29, 2010

"It's primarily about justice for the victims, even if they're not going to be compensated in the end."

U.S. [ATS] Suits Against Pakistani Spy Chief Face Hurdles
by The Associated Press

The plaintiffs in two U.S. lawsuits accusing Pakistan's spy chief of nurturing terrorists involved in the 2008 Mumbai attacks are hoping for a historic outcome recalling the Lockerbie settlement, but they would have to overcome serious legal obstacles first, lawyers and experts say.

The civil complaints naming Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha and his Inter-Services Intelligence agency as defendants are like past lawsuits filed in federal courts against overseas figures with alleged links to terrorist attacks and other atrocities.  More...

Pakistan Spy Chief to Ignore U.S. Summons
By SALMAN MASOOD (NYT)

Pakistan — Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani of Pakistan said Thursday that there was no possibility that the head of the country’s powerful spy organization, the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate, would obey a summons requesting his appearance before a court in the United States relating to the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks.  More...