U.S. court orders Iran and others to pay $6 billion for 9/11 attacks

[SajeevJino]

A US judge formally ordered Iran, Al-Qaeda and several other defendants Wednesday to pay $6 billion compensation to the victims of september 11, 2001, in a largely symbolic ruling.


Although Iran denies any connection to
9/11, it was included in the list of
alleged culprits by the US District
Court in New York, along with the
Lebanese militant group Hezbollah,
Afghanistan’s Taliban guerrillas and
Al-Qaeda, which took credit for the
massive terror attack.


Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali
Khamenei is also named.

However, the money, awarded for
economic, personal and punitive
damages for a total of $6,048,513,805,
is unlikely to be recovered.


Iran is in a tense standoff with the
United States over multiple issues,
especially its nuclear industry and
alleged plan to build an atomic
weapon. Iranian-backed Hezbollah has
no relations with the United States.
Al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden,
who is also named, was killed by US
Navy SEALs in a raid inside Pakistan in
2011. The Taliban are in an active war
with US-led troops across Afghanistan.


The ruling caps a series of court
decisions prompted by lawsuits filed
by families of 47 victims from among
the nearly 3,000 killed on 9/11.
Last year, Judge George Daniels signed
a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs. A
magistrate then calculated the
recommended compensation, which
Daniels on Wednesday approved in his
ruling.


Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda claimed
responsibility for the attacks, in which
hijacked airliners were used to bring
down the World Trade Center towers
in New York and to crash into the
Pentagon near Washington.

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[Banu Umayyah]

Topic already posted.

 

[Thorough Pro]

A US judge formally ordered Iran, Al-Qaeda and several other defendants Wednesday to pay $6 billion compensation to the victims of september 11, 2001, in a largely symbolic ruling.

Al-qaeda? fined them after killing them? fine of 6 billion dollars after spending 60 billion dollars to kill them? how stupid can one get?

 

[FaujHistorian]

Al-qaeda? fined them after killing them? fine of 6 billion dollars after spending 60 billion dollars to kill them? how stupid can one get?

Read the news professor sahib.


It clearly says:

The ruling caps a series of court decisions prompted by lawsuits filed by families of 47 victims from among the nearly 3,000 killed on 9/11.


Qaddafi paid for the American airline crash victims and probably Iranians will end up paying 5 years from now. Sometimes governments decide that some billion dollars is worth the price of getting out of sanctions.

Once Iranian regime is gone, Iranians will again be rich and $6 billion may be just a pocket change.

I am not supporting or opposing the decision or sanctions. Just commenting on the news.


peace

 

[valkyr_96]

what nonsense Alqaeda is a non state actor if they wanted money they should have asked Osama or now the Bin Laden family. Where does Iran come into the picture.

 

[somebozo]

US is trolling..what on earth Iran has got to do with 9/11? Proves that it was a shadow operation very much like German Reichstag fire!

 

[Kasim]

Post that bill to Pakistan , who helped to hide Osama BL.....

 

[saiyan0321]

gee i thought at first afghanistan and iraq who had to do with 9 11 since you know you attacked their countries and killed millions of people !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and now iran is in who the hell is us court to order iran around un court a different story us court!! usa has lost its mind

 

[Imran Khan]

stupid and funny US justice system