Tag: Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
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Fight within a fight: 9/11 widows and children appeal to force dismissal of thousands of wrongful death judgments given to non-heirs
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
In the 20 years since it began, the consolidated New York federal lawsuit brought by 9/11 victims has focused largely on allegations that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia aided and abetted the 19 hijackers who killed nearly 3,000 people in the al Qaeda attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. -
Victims’ lawsuit that seeks to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for 9/11 approaches make-or-break crossroads
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. -
Pensacola lawsuit seeking to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for deadly terrorist attack should be tossed, U.S. magistrate says
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The families of three murdered U.S. Navy servicemen and eight others wounded when a Saudi Air Force officer with “significant ties to al-Qaeda” opened fire at Naval Air Station Pensacola in 2019 cannot sue the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for damages, a federal magistrate ruled Thursday. -
9/11 victims: Saudi Arabia’s ‘lavish sponsorship’ of al Qaeda made attacks possible
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
As defense attorneys tried again last week to get Saudi Arabia dropped from a massive federal lawsuit accusing it of complicity in the 9/11 attacks, lawyers for those who survived, and relatives of the dead, filed a sweeping new statement of the evidence they are marshaling for trial.
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