so can the Iranians sue the US government for allowing the CIA to cause the deaths of hundreds during their attempt to overthrow their government?
On Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 2:23:21 PM UTC-5, Travis wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Travis <[email protected] <javascript:>> > Date: Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 2:05 PM > Subject: Fwd: [grendelreport] Terror victims win Supreme Court judgment > against Iran > To: > > > > > > > > > https://www.yahoo.com/news/terror-victims-win-supreme-court-judgment-against-iran-142159923--finance.html?nhp=1 > > > > *Terror victims win Supreme Court judgment against Iran* > > [image: Description: > https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/jFJ4GVeXE6x5beCkkpRfbw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjtzbT0xO3c9ODQ7aD04NDtpbD1wbGFuZQ--/http:/l.yimg.com/os/152/2012/04/21/image001-png_162613.png.cf.jpg] > > <http://www.ap.org/> > > MARK SHERMAN > > April 20, 2016 > > [image: Description: Terror victims win Supreme Court judgment against > Iran] > > > > FILE - In this Oct. 23, 1983 file photo, the aftermath of the bombing of > the U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. The Supreme Court upheld a > judgment allowing families of victims of Iranian-sponsored terrorism to > collect nearly $2 billion. The court on Wednesday, April 20, 2016, ruled > 6-2 in favor of relatives of the 241 Marines who died in a 1983 terrorist > attack in Beirut and victims of other attacks that courts have linked to > Iran.(AP Photo/Jim Bourdier, File)More > > WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a judgment > allowing families of victims of the 1983 Marine barracks bombing in Beirut > and other terrorist attacks to collect nearly $2 billion in frozen Iranian > funds. > > The court on Wednesday ruled 6-2 in favor of more than 1,300 relatives of > the 241 U.S. service members who died in the Beirut bombing and victims of > other attacks that courts have linked to Iran. > > Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote the opinion for the court rejecting > efforts by Iran's central bank to try to stave off court orders that would > allow the relatives to be paid for their losses. The money is sitting in a > federal court trust account. > > Iran's Bank Markazi complained that Congress was intruding into the > business of federal courts when it passed a 2012 law that specifically > directs that the banks' assets in the United States be turned over to the > families. President Barack Obama issued an executive order earlier in 2012 > freezing the Iranian central bank's assets in the United States. > > The law, Ginsburg wrote, "does not transgress restraints placed on > Congress and the president by the Constitution." > > Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented. "The > authority of the political branches is sufficient; they have no need to > seize ours," Roberts wrote. > > The decision comes as controversy swirls over pending legislation in > Congress that would allow families of the Sept. 11 attacks to hold the > government of Saudi Arabia liable in U.S. court. The Obama administration > opposes the bill. President Barack Obama met with King Salman in Riyadh > Wednesday at the start of a brief trip to the country. > > Congress has repeatedly changed the law in the past 20 years to make it > easier for victims to sue over state-sponsored terrorism; federal courts > have awarded the victims billions of dollars. But Iran has refused to > comply with the judgments, leading lawyers to hunt for Iranian assets in > the United States. > > The Supreme Court case involved $1.75 billion in bonds, plus accumulating > interest, owned by the Iranian bank and held by Citibank in New York. > > The plaintiffs in the lawsuit included relatives of the victims of the > Marine barracks bombing in Beirut, the 1996 terrorist bombing of the Khobar > Towers in Saudi Arabia which killed 19 service members, and other attacks > that were carried out by groups with links to Iran. The lead plaintiff is > Deborah Peterson, whose brother, Lance Cpl. James C. Knipple, was killed in > Beirut. > > "We are extremely pleased with the Supreme Court's decision, which will > bring long-overdue relief to more than 1,000 victims of Iranian terrorism > and their families, many of whom have waited decades for redress," said > Theodore Olson, the former Bush administration Justice Department official > who argued on behalf of the families at the Supreme Court. > > Liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans in Congress, as well as the > Obama administration, supported the families in the case. > > The case is Bank Markazi v. Peterson, 14-770. > > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmaThkcm0yBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0NjExNzA0NTE-> > > > > [image: Yahoo! 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