the Pentagon memorial dedicated to the victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001
the widow of the deceased in the attacks of September 11, 2001, the military filed a lawsuit in Washington a lawsuit against Saudi Arabia. Earlier, the Congress and the Senate to overcome a veto by President Obama for a law to file such lawsuits.
American Stephanie Ross Desimone, lost her husband in the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, has filed a lawsuit against Saudi Arabia two days after the Senate and Congress to overcome a veto by President Barack Obama at the law allows you to file such claims, according to Bloomberg.
In his statement of claim, she pointed out that “the Kingdom supported al-Qaida and its leader, Osama bin Laden”. The lawsuit was filed Friday in Washington, the process involved also the daughter Desimone, because at the time of the Commission of terrorist acts, the plaintiff was pregnant. According to the Agency, the child’s father Patrick Dunn died during the attack on the Pentagon.
the Bill, which allows the court to prosecute the States that have supported the activities of terrorist organizations in America, was approved by the Senate in may 2016, the Congress voted for him in the beginning of September. However, on 23 September, President Barack Obama veto it. The Obama administration decided that the law threatens the national security of the United States. As stated in the statement of the White house, this law would allow a lawsuit against the States that were not included by the Executive in the list of state sponsors of terrorism” and would destroy “the concept of sovereign immunity, which protected US citizens for a long time.” In addition, the White house decided that the bill would complicate relations with its allies in fighting terrorism.
Prominent congressmen, including party-Obama immediately stated that it would overcome the presidential veto. On September 28 and the Senate and the house of representatives repeatedly voted for the bill, and opponents of the President’s veto failed in each chamber to score more than two thirds of the votes.
in April Saudi Arabia has warned the Obama administration and members of Congress that they will go on sale belonging to the Kingdom of American assets worth about $ 750 billion to prevent them from freezing, if Washington adopts a law, allowing to judge a foreign government in U.S. courts on charges of involvement in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Saudi Arabia risked first become a defendant under this act as of 19 participants in the attacks on new York and Washington in September 2001, 15 were citizens of this country. According to unconfirmed reports, the results obtained by held in Congress of the investigation showed that the terrorists received help from people associated with the official Saudi authorities. In Saudi Arabia itself these suspicions categorically rejected.
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