9/11 Families Sue Sudan/Saudi's for $100 Trillion!

[Jonbo298]

WASHINGTON (AP) - Some 600 relatives of Sept. 11 victims filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking more than $100 trillion from the Sudanese government and Saudi officials, banks and charities, charging they financed Osama bin Laden ( news - web sites)'s network and the attacks on America.

The 15-count federal lawsuit, modeled after action filed against Libya in the Pan Am Flight 103 disaster, seeks to cripple banks, charities and some members of the Saudi royal family as a deterrent to terrorist financing schemes.

But the suit also is therapeutic for relatives of the victims, who acknowledge they face long odds of collecting anything.

"It's not the money. We want to do something to get at these people," said Irene Spina, whose daughter, Lisa L. Trerotola, 38, perished in the World Trade Center. "There's nothing else we can do."

"This is the right thing to do," said Matt Sellito, father of Matthew Carmen Sellito, 23, who also died in the World Trade Center. "If the odds are stacked against us, we will beat them."

The 258-page complaint, filed electronically Thursday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, seeks "an amount in excess of $100 trillion" and charges the defendants with racketeering, wrongful death, negligence and conspiracy.

Lead attorney Ron Motley said the money would likely come largely from assets held by the defendants in the United States. He said the plaintiffs were after more institutions than those whose assets already have been frozen by the U.S. and other governments.

The complaint also ignores the Bush administration's delicate diplomatic balancing act with Saudi Arabia by bluntly blaming the kingdom's officials and institutions for the attacks.

"That kingdom sponsors terrorism," Motley told reporters at a news conference. "This is an insidious group of people."

The complaint names more than seven dozen defendants, including the government of Sudan, seven banks, eight Islamic foundations and three Saudi princes.

Those listed include Princes Mohammed al-Faisal and former intelligence chief Turki al-Faisal, Saudi Defense Minister Sultan bin Abdul Aziz al Saud, Khalid bin Salim bin Mahfouz of the National Commercial Bank, and the Faisal Islamic Bank.

Officials from the Saudi Embassy did not immediately return a call for comment.

President Bush ( news - web sites)'s administration has been careful not to blame the Saudi government for the attacks in its drive build a coalition for its war against terrorism.

Prince Saud said last week that the 70-year-old U.S.-Saudi alliance was as solid now as before the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.

He said bin Laden, who was stripped of Saudi citizenship and is accused of directing the al-Qaida attacks, had intended to drive a wedge between the two countries when he chose 15 Saudi citizens to be among the 19 hijackers.

Several plaintiffs, fighting tears, said they would dedicate the rest of their lives to punishing those who financed the attacks.

"We will succeed because we have the facts and the law on our side," said Thomas E. Burnett Sr., whose son, Thomas E. Burnett Jr., led a passenger revolt against the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93 and died when it plummeted to the ground.

"We have justice and morality on our side," he added.

In May, lawyers announced that a group of Libyans had negotiated a deal that would give $10 million each to the families of those killed when Pan Am Flight 103 was blown up over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988. But Libya insisted the group did not have authorization from the government to negotiate.

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100+ mother fricken Trillion dollars!:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: I seriously think thats a liiiitle too much! I mean come on, they are basically taking advantage of 9/11 to get lots of money from other country(ies). But this sorta pisses me off. They are never gonna win! Why in the first place think "Uhhh...we want to sue for more than $100 Trillion." This is what America has come to. I hope they get laughed at by all the Saudi's for trying to do this.

[GameKinG]

Ok, the people they are suing dont have that kind of money. Our government dosnt have that kind of money. And do they think that they will actually get the money?

"Americans say you have to give them 100,000,000,000,000 dollars, sir"

And if they dont, what can we do? We are already at war with them. Meh. And that like 160,000,000,000 each releative. Do they really need to sue them for that much. Even if they are trying to bankrupt them, thats a lot.

[Heyyoudvd]

It's 1 trillion, not 100 trillion.

[Mechadragon]

Why oh why are people so damn stupid?

[Crono]

That is pretty pointless. Like you said, the other country(ies) would definitely not be able to afford it. They are obviously just after the money.

[Xantar]

And here I was thinking that 9/11 had changed us for the better...

Don't get me wrong. The terrorist attacks were terrible. But lawsuits (and any money they might produce) aren't going to help things at all. I've had the feeling this would happen ever since the attacks, but it's still disappointing to see I was right.

[Happydude]

all i have to say to all this is the following:



HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA



this is so stupid...sounds like something Dr. Evil would say.

[GameKinG]

Originally posted by Heyyoudvd
It's 1 trillion, not 100 trillion.

The article, and CNN where they show the people talking say 100 trillion.

[yes_yes i am]

lmao 100 trillion ahahahahhahaha what a joke.

[SaudiDude]

Originally posted by Jonbo298
100+ mother fricken Trillion dollars!:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: I seriously think thats a liiiitle too much! I mean come on, they are basically taking advantage of 9/11 to get lots of money from other country(ies). But this sorta pisses me off. They are never gonna win! Why in the first place think "Uhhh...we want to sue for more than $100 Trillion." This is what America has come to. I hope they get laughed at by all the Saudi's for trying to do this.

Yep, I'm laughing right now.

The reason Bin Ladin started all this is because he didn't want Americans to help Saudis in the Gulf War! He was sent to Sudan by the Saudi Arabian goverment because he was planning to kill some Americans! Just because he's Saudi, they blame the goverment? AND 100 trillion dollars? For God's sake.. We don't even have that kind of money!

Speaking of funny, look at this.

[Jonbo298]

Game was too easy. But it was eh for me. Don't really care. But ummm....yeah