It took 50 years, but crew members of the USS Pueblo that were held hostage and tortured by North Korea back in 1968 have filed a lawsuit against the Kim regime:
The Pueblo crew are led away after being captured by North Korean forces in international waters on January 23, 1968.
More than 100 crew members and relatives have joined a lawsuit, filed this month in a federal court under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, which allows victims to sue state sponsors of terrorism for torture, hostage-taking, personal injury or death.
North Korea will almost certainly not respond to the lawsuit, and plaintiffs are unlikely to be able to recover funds directly from Pyongyang, but if successful they will be eligible for relief from a US government fund set up to support victims of terrorism.
“Our clients are seeking to hold North Korea accountable for the unspeakable acts committed against the crew of the USS Pueblo more than 50 years ago and the impact it has had on them and their families since then,” the plaintiffs’ lawyers said in a statement. [CNN]
It’s about time! These fine sailors and their families deserve compensation for the 50 years of suffering. Also, if the U.S. is never going to go in and rescue the USS Pueblo, then it ought to be one of the targets on the surgical strike (or maybe even an “accidental” one?).
J6Junkie
6 years ago
We should have captured some of their Commie ships and held them as hostages in return. I’ve always felt badly for these sailors. Govt just abandoned them like that.
It’s about time! These fine sailors and their families deserve compensation for the 50 years of suffering. Also, if the U.S. is never going to go in and rescue the USS Pueblo, then it ought to be one of the targets on the surgical strike (or maybe even an “accidental” one?).
We should have captured some of their Commie ships and held them as hostages in return. I’ve always felt badly for these sailors. Govt just abandoned them like that.