U.S. trial starts over PLO role in Israel attacks
 

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. trial to decide the liability of the Palestine Liberation Organization and Palestinian Authority for several attacks in Israel began on Tuesday, as a lawyer for victims called the defendants' alleged involvement "standard operating procedure" and a defense lawyer blamed others for the "horrific" violence. Six men and six women were chosen as jurors to decide whether the defendants should pay up to $1 billion for what the plaintiffs' lawyer Kent Yalowitz said was support for six shootings and bombings in the Jerusalem area from 2002 to 2004. ...

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