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Source: http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=254255
U.S. Terror Victims: Prosecute Palestinian Terrorists
(Jerusalem Post) Joanna Paraszczuk - The Parents Forum for Justice (PFJ), a group of U.S. citizens and parents whose children were murdered or maimed by Palestinian terrorists in Israel over the past decade, sent a letter to U.S. Attorney-General Eric Holder on Thursday asking him to prosecute the perpetrators of the bombings that harmed them and their families who were freed in Israel's recent prisoner exchange with Hamas. Under the 1991 Anti-Terror Act, the U.S. can prosecute foreign nationals who perpetrate terrorism against American citizens, even if those acts are not carried out on U.S. soil. "These laws were enacted to ensure that American citizens abroad had the protections of U.S. criminal law, wherever those Americans may be, including in Israel," the PFJ letter said. According to PFJ member and Jerusalem resident Alan Bauer, 83 American citizens were killed and 54 wounded in Palestinian terror attacks between 1993 and 2006. Several of the perpetrators were released as part of the Shalit deal. "We would like the U.S. authorities to arrest those terrorists released under the Shalit deal," said Bauer. "We just want to see these terrorists back in jail."