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9/11 Bill Passes US Senate Despite Saudi 'warning' 17 May 2016 by Wiseandtrue(f): 1:35pm On May 18, 2016
Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the attacks
A bill that would allow the families of 9/11 victims to sue the Saudi government has passed a key hurdle in the US Senate.


The Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) now moves to the House of Representatives.
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister warned that the move could cause his government to withdraw US investments.
President Barack Obama said he will veto the bill, but a Democratic senator is "confident" he'd be overruled.
If it became law the legislation would allow victims' families to sue any member of the government of Saudi Arabia thought to have played a role in any element of the attack.


Saudi Arabia denies any involvement in the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, which killed nearly 3,000 people.
Fifteen out of the nineteen hijackers in 2001 were Saudi citizens.
In 2004 the 9/11 Commission Report found "no evidence that the Saudi government as an institution or senior Saudi officials individually funded the organisation".
A White House spokesman said President Obama had serious concerns about the bill, and it was difficult to imagine he would sign it into law.


It was sponsored by Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer of New York and Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas and is expected to be passed by the House of Representatives as well.
Re: 9/11 Bill Passes US Senate Despite Saudi 'warning' 17 May 2016 by madridguy(m): 2:00pm On May 18, 2016
So when is Iraqi National going to drag both Tony Blair and Bush for the Iraq Invation?

Libyan also need to drag NATO for turning Libya to Terrorist ground.

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