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CITIZEN’S HAVE FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST DEFENSE CONTRACTORS FOR PAYOFFS TO TALIBAN—SOMETHING THE FBI SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON TOP OF INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON THE COUP D’ ETAT:

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Case 1:19-cv-03833 Document 1 Filed 12/27/19 Page 1 of 288

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

COMPLAINT FOR VIOLATION OF THE ANTI-TERRORISM ACT

TABLE OF CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 1THE DEFENDANTS...................................................................................................................... 9A.The ArmorGroup Defendants ................................................................................. 9B.The DAI Defendant............................................................................................... 10C.The EOD Technology Defendant ......................................................................... 10D.The LBG/Black & Veatch Defendants ................................................................. 10E.The MTN Defendants ........................................................................................... 11JURISDICTION AND VENUE ................................................................................................... 12FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS ....................................................................................................... 13I.IN THE WAKE OF THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS, THE AL-QAEDA-BACKED AFGHAN TALIBAN LAUNCHED A DEADLY TERRORIST CAMPAIGN AGAINST AMERICANS IN AFGHANISTAN ................................. 13II.DEFENDANTS KNOWINGLY OR RECKLESSLY FINANCED TERRORISM BY PAYING PROTECTION MONEY TO THE TALIBAN ............ 16A.Defendants Operated In A Corrupt Afghan Contracting Environment That Encouraged Protection Payments ......................................................................... 17B.Western Contractors Commonly Structured Their Operations In Afghanistan To Funnel Protection Payments To The Taliban.............................. 21III.DEFENDANTS KNEW OR RECKLESSLY DISREGARDED THAT THEIR PAYMENTS FINANCED TALIBAN ATTACKS ON AMERICANS .................... 35A.Defendants’ Protection Payments Directly Funded The Taliban’s Terrorist Campaign Against Americans In Afghanistan ..................................................... 35B.Defendants Knew Or Recklessly Disregarded That Their Payments Financed Anti-American Terrorism ...................................................................... 40C.The U.S. Government Opposed Defendants’ Payment Of Protection Money To The Taliban ......................................................................................... 51IV.EACH DEFENDANT MADE PROTECTION PAYMENTS THAT IT KNEW OR RECKLESSLY DISREGARDED WOULD BENEFIT THE TALIBAN ................................................................................................................... 58Case 1:19-cv-03833 Document 1 Filed 12/27/19 Page 7 of 28

A.The ArmorGroup Defendants ............................................................................... 581.The ArmorGroup Defendants Made Protection Payments To The Taliban ............................................................................................................ 582.ArmorGroup’s Protection Payments Comport With Its Other Conduct In Afghanistan ................................................................................................. 693.The ArmorGroup Defendants’ Payments Had A Substantial Nexus To The United States ............................................................................................ 70B.The DAI Defendant............................................................................................... 721.DAI Paid Protection Money To The Taliban .................................................. 722.DAI’s Protection Payments Comport With Its Other Conduct In Afghanistan ..................................................................................................... 78C.The EOD Technology Defendant ......................................................................... 80D.The LBG/BV Defendants ..................................................................................... 851.The LBG/BV Defendants Made Protection Payments To The Taliban ......... 852.The LBG/BV Defendants’ Protection Payments Comport With Their Other Conduct In Afghanistan And Similar Markets ..................................... 96E.The MTN Defendants ........................................................................................... 991.MTN Made Protection Payments To The Taliban .......................................... 992.MTN Supported The Taliban By Deactivating Its Cellular Towers At Night ............................................................................................................. 1053.MTN’s Protection Payments Comport With Its Conduct In Other Markets ......................................................................................................... 1094.MTN’s Conduct Had A Substantial Nexus To The United States ................ 112V.THE TALIBAN, WITH SUBSTANTIAL SUPPORT FROM AL-QAEDA, USED DEFENDANTS’ RESOURCES TO COMMIT TERRORIST ATTACKS THAT KILLED AND INJURED AMERICANS IN AFGHANISTAN ...................................................................................................... 121A.The Taliban Was Part Of A Terrorist Syndicate That Waged A Deadly Insurgency Against Americans In Afghanistan .................................................. 1211.The Taliban ................................................................................................... 122Case 1:19-cv-03833

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