Posted on 01/11/2012 1:36:45 PM PST by bayouranger
NEW YORK A federal judge says there isn't enough evidence to support a claim that money from a construction company founded by Osama bin Laden's father supported terrorists.
Judge George Daniels in Manhattan dismissed the Saudi Binladen Group on Wednesday as a defendant in Sept. 11 lawsuits brought by families of terrorism victims and others.
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The defendants include al-Qaida, its members and associates. The suit also names charities, banks, front organizations, terrorist organizations and financiers.
Lawyers did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Same judge on another case:
NY judge: Iran, Taliban, al-Qaida liable for 9/11
NEW YORK -- A federal judge has signed a default judgment finding Iran, the Taliban and al-Qaida liable in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Judge George Daniels in Manhattan signed the judgment Thursday, a week after hearing testimony in the 10-year-old case. The signed ruling, which he promised last week, came in a $100 billion lawsuit brought by family members of victims of the attacks. He directed a magistrate judge to preside over remaining issues, including fixing compensatory and punitive damages.
Daniels signed findings of fact saying the plaintiffs had established that the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks were caused by the support the defendants provided to al-Qaida. The findings also said Iran continues to provide material support and resources to al-Qaida by providing a safe haven for al-Qaida leadership and rank-and-file al-Qaida members.
During last week's open-court hearing, family members of Sept. 11 victims sat through a four-hour presentation from attorneys who cited evidence supporting their claims that Iran actively assisted the hijackers of planes that crashed into the World Trade Center towers, at the Pentagon and into a field in Pennsylvania. Former members of the 9/11 Commission and three Iranian defectors also spoke.
It would be near impossible to collect any damages, especially from the Taliban or al-Qaida.
Iran has not commented on the ruling. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has repeatedly denied any Iranian connection in the Sept. 11 attacks or with al-Qaida. Saudi Arabia had been knocked out of the lawsuit, but lawyers filed papers on Thursday to reinstate Saudi Arabia as a defendant.
Lawyers for the plaintiffs did not immediately return telephone calls seeking comment.
The filthy koranimals must be laughing at all of our dead.
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/alms-for-jihad-j-millard-burr/1012708556?ean=9780521857307
Alms for Jihad: Charity and Terrorism in the Islamic World
* by
* J. Millard Burr,
* Robert O. Collins
There’s all the info anyone needs but I would like to see those 28 pages struck from the 9/11 commission’s report that jamie gore-lick was in charge of too.
You mean the Bin Laden Group?
Its not a popular opinion, but they aren’t involved in
Osama’s shenanigans. Its a legit mainline contractor.
You rock!
Sure.
They never, ever, ever donated zakat?
Not once?
To any islamic charity?
Not like obl’s female cousin who gave zakat, in the sum 100k, to a terrorist front group only to later claim that she thought it was a good islamic group...yeah..ok. I’m sure the obl group didn’t give her that 100k either. She musta whored for it..yeah..ok...a royal sharmuta.
I’ll take your word for it.
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