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f Septem- EFTA00795032 768 349 FEDERAL SUPPLEMENT, 2d SERIES ber 11, 2001 attacks for his official acts, notwithstanding that he was also Saudi Arabia's ambassador to United Kingdom, unless exception to Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) applied. 18 U.S.C.A. § 2331 et seq.; 28 U.S.CA §1603
5 (1993), an alleged RICO defendant must have had 'some part in directing' the 'oper- ation or management' of the enterprise itself to be liable." Dubai Islamic Bank a Citibank, NA, 256 F.Supp.2d 158, 164 (S.D.N.Y.2003). The complaints allege the moving Defendants may have assisted al Qaeda, but they do not al
ctims of Septem- HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017832 --- PAGE BREAK --- 768 ber 11, 2001 attacks for his official acts, notwithstanding that he was also Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to United Kingdom, unless exception to Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) applied. 18 U.S.C.A. § 2881 et seq; 28 U.S.C.A. § 1608.
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017833 →525 (1993), an alleged RICO defendant must have had ‘some part in directing’ the ‘oper- ation or management’ of the enterprise itself to be liable.” Dubai Islamic Bank v. Citibank, N.A., 256 F.Supp.2d 158, 164 (8.D.N.Y.2003). The complaints allege the moving Defendants may have assisted al Qaeda, but they do not all
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017893 →ut must instead be brought exclusively under the FSIA’s so-called State Sponsor of Terrorism exception, 28 U.S.C. §1605A. Jd. at 80-86. Because Saudi Arabia is not a designated State Sponsor of Terrorism, the Panel deemed the Kingdom and SHC immune from the September 11th plaintiffs’ tort claims. Jd. In a
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023374 →United Arab Emirates in 1999, SPA199-200 (Terrorist Attacks IV). These allegations, the district court concluded, “g[a]ve rise to the inference that [Dubai Islamic Bank] intentionally and knowingly assisted al Qaeda by providing banking services ....” Jd. at 205. Similarly, the allegations against Al Rajhi Bank draw
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023392 →Entities connected to both Arabia and Dubai Islamic Bank

United States
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Lebanon
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Yemen
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Bill Clinton
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Saudi Arabia
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Kuwait
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Michael Cohen
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Riyadh
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al-Qaeda
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Osama bin Laden
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New York
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Sudan
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Ethiopia
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Malaysia
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Somalia
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Kenya
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Philadelphia
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U.S. Treasury
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Bangladesh
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