By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org
Seven years after thousands of 9/11 family victims won the right to sue Saudi Arabia for allegedly helping al Qaeda hijackers attack the U.S., their monumental court case is approaching a make-or-break crossroads.
The kingdom’s Washington, D.C. lawyers recently declared in court documents that by Oct. 6 they will ask the presiding federal judge to dismiss the New York litigation against them in its entirety, asserting that a U.S. court lacks jurisdiction to hear the multi-billion-dollar case because Saudi Arabia is immune from a lawsuit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA).
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