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| WTC to sue Saudi Arabia over 9/11 |
| 2004-09-11 |
| The agency that owned the World Trade Center on Friday said it will file a lawsuit against Saudi Arabia for damages it suffered on Sept. 11, 2001, noting 84 of its employees were killed in the air attacks that toppled the twin towers. "We also have a responsibility to the millions of people who live and work in the region as well as to our bondholders to pursue every legal avenue to recover the losses we sustained on September 11," the Port Authority said in a statement. Steve Coleman, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, declined to say why the agency sought to hold Saudi Arabia responsible or whether it would also sue other entities. The Port Authority, a bi-state agency which leased New York's trademark twin towers in July 2001 to developer Larry Silverstein, noted it was filing the lawsuit just one day before the three-year statute of limitations runs out. "Our proposed action is in line with similar suits filed by other injured parties," the Port Authority said. Its statement did not say how much money it was seeking. A spokesman for Silverstein declined to comment. Officials at the Saudi Embassy in Washington were not immediately available for comment. |
| Posted by:Zenster |
| #3 If the plaintiffs' lawyers can show that the Saudis aided and abbetted these terrorist acts, through benign neglect, funding, etc, then this will put the Saudis on the defensive and will force them to overhaul or fall (who cares which?). Even if the plaintiffs get not one red cent, it will have shown the world in another way what a moral bankrupt group the Saudi Royals are. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-09-11 11:10:45 PM |
| #2 The equal rule of law can be as devastating a weapon as MOABs and nukes. I know I don't have to wish them luck with the suit -- our lawyers are as skilled and as practiced as our soldiers. Perhaps the princelings will still own a few chamberpots and a confused expression when this is over. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-09-11 5:54:19 PM |
| #1 Steve Coleman, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, declined to say why the agency sought to hold Saudi Arabia responsible or whether it would also sue other entities "We only sue those who provide funding, members, and aid to those who committed the attacks...oh, and those crappy 'Saudi is America's friend' PR ads too" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-09-11 11:02:32 AM |