Tag: Alien Tort Statute
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Abu Ghraib torture lawsuit against multi-billion-dollar U.S. Army contractor at last headed for trial
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Twenty years after the U.S. invaded and occupied Iraq in the wake of 9/11, a lawsuit against a company that provided “interrogator services” for the U.S. Army at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison finally seems headed to trial. -
On 9/11 anniversary, push in Congress to win day in court for victims of terrorism on U.S. soil
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Twelve years after al Qaeda hijackers flew jetliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon – killing nearly 3,000 people – a renewed push is underway in Congress to ensure that victims of terrorism on American soil can hold its foreign sponsors to account in U.S. courts.
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