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wing three conditions are satisfied: (1) an alien sues (2) for a tort (3) committed in violation of the law of nations (i.e., international law)." Kadic v. Karad- zic, 70 FM 232, 238 (2d Cir.1995); see also Flores v. Southern Peru Corp, 343 F.3d 140, 143 n. 2 (2d Cir2003). Certain Plaintiffs in the
s that he knew were spon- sors of al Qaeda, including IIRO, MWL, WAMY, BIF, the Saudi High Commission, Saudi Joint Relief Committee for Kosovo and Chechnya ("SJRC"), and AI Han- main. Federal Complaint 11451-52. 191 Prince Turki denies the allegations against him in a declaration prepared in concert w
t organized by charity Defendants TTRO, World Assembly of Muslim Youth (“WAMY”), and Al-Haramain Foundation for the benefit of Bosnia Herzegovina and Chechnya. (Ashton Compl. § 290; Burnett Compl. § 401; Federal Compl. § 461.) Finally, Plaintiffs claim that members of the Saudi royal family have assets and
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017915 →12(b)(6) motion). The ATCA provides a basis for relief when an alien sues for a tort committed in violation of the law of nations. 28 U.S.C. § 1350; Kadic v. Karadzic, 70 F.3d 232, 238 (2d Cir.1995). Aircraft hijacking is considered a violation of international law, Kadic, 70 F.3d at 240, and the ATCA i
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Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023368 →ners as bin Laden’s organization grew and expanded its global terrorist and military operations to regions as diverse *30 as the Philippines, Bosnia, Chechnya, Kosovo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kashmir, Somalia, Palestine, Pakistan, Yemen, Kenya, Tanzania, Egypt, Indonesia, and Malaysia.! Plaintiffs’ pleadings and
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023378 →Entities connected to both Kadic and Chechnya

United States
LOCATION
Bill Clinton
PERSON
Yemen
LOCATION
Lebanon
LOCATION
al-Qaeda
ORGANIZATION
Osama bin Laden
PERSON
Kenya
LOCATION
Michael Cohen
PERSON
New York
LOCATION
Sudan
LOCATION
Philadelphia
LOCATION
Somalia
LOCATION
Saudi Arabia
LOCATIONBosnia
LOCATION
New York City
LOCATION
Alfredo Rodriguez
PERSON
Malaysia
LOCATION
Georgina Chapman
PERSON
National Commercial Bank
ORGANIZATION
James P. Kreindler
PERSON