Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Insurance giant sues Saudi Arabia for ‘funding’ 9/11 attacks that cost firm $215m

Insurance giant sues Saudi Arabia for ‘funding’ 9/11 attacks that cost firm $215m

By Daily Mail Reporter

An insurance firm is suing Saudi Arabia in a U.S. court over claims that the country funded the terrorists responsible for the 9/11 attacks.
A division of Lloyds of London is demanding the return of $215million compensation it paid victims by alleging that the Saudi government is responsible because it used banks and charities to support Al Qaeda.
The lawsuit - filed in Johnston, Pennsylvania, where United Airlines flight 93 crashed on 9/11, names nine defendants, including a leading member of the oil-rich state’s royal family.
Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud
Osama bin Laden
Claims: Insurers Lloyds allege that Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, among others, helped fund fellow countryman Osama Bin Laden
Saudi Arabia has always denied claims that Osama bin Laden's organisation received official financial and practical support from his homeland.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2039879/.html#ixzz1Yaw5vqLF

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