Court rules Saudi Arabia not responsible for 9-11

by Infidelesto on August 14, 2008 · View Comments

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Even though 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudi….

Why do people keep making excuses for Sunni Wahhabism?

Oh I forgot, the left will tell you “it’s just a bunch of criminal thugs” and has nothing to do with ideology…yea right.

Philly Inquirer

A federal appeals court today rejected lawsuits by victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks against Saudi Arabia and senior members of the Saudi royal family, alleging that they helped foster al-Qaeda and other Islamist terrorist groups.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, ruling in Manhattan, said Saudi Arabia and members of its royal family were protected from being sued because the State Department had not officially designated the desert kingdom as a supporter of terrorism.

Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, foreign governments are immune from such lawsuits unless the State Department finds in advance that they had actively supported terrorist groups.

Lawyers for the kingdom argued that there was no credible evidence that senior Saudi officials had any knowledge of terrorism activities by the charities or that they intended for the charities as vehicles for funding al-Qaeda.

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