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Judge: Iran can be sued for Saudi bombing WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A U.S. judge's ruling allows the families of 19 Air Force members killed in the bombing of military housing in Saudi Arabia to seek damages from Iran. In a 209-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth in Washington said the government of Iran, the Iranian Ministry of Information and Security and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps could be held legally responsible because they provided aid to Hezbollah, the group that bombed the Khobar Towers in 1996, The Washington Times reported. Families of 17 of those killed have sued, seeking $260 million in damages. An investigation by the FBI determined that the attack was planned at the Iranian embassy in Syria. A grand jury in Virginia indicted 13 members of Hezbollah in 2001. Iran has not responded to the lawsuit. Families could try to collect damages from blocked Iranian government funds in the United States, the Times said. +++ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
