U.S. denies paying Sharia blood money to free CIA contractor

March 16, 2011

Curiouser and curiouser. An update on this story. "U.S. denies paid compensation over Pakistan killings," from  Reuters March 16 (thanks to Block Ness):

CAIRO (Reuters) – The United States did not pay compensation to the families of two Pakistanis killed by a CIA contractor who was acquitted of their murder on Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said.
The contractor, Raymond Davis, 36, was acquitted and released by a Pakistani court after a deal to pay "blood money" to the victims' families, Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah told Reuters earlier on Wednesday.

Clinton told reporters in Cairo: "The United States did not pay any compensation." Asked who did, she replied: "You will have to ask the families."

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