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in- strumentalities in federal court. Argen- tine Republic v. Amerada Hess Shipping Corp., 488 U.S. 428, 439, 109 S.CL 683, 102 L.Ed.2d 818 (1989); Robinson v. Gov't of Malaysia, 269 F.3d 133, 138 (2d Cir.2001). Federal courts must inquire at the "threshold of every action" against a for- eign state wh

S ON SEPTEMBER IL 2001 ate as 349 F.Supp-2d 765 (S.D.N.Y. 2005) permit inference that he provided support to al Qaeda. 18 U.S.C.A. § 2331 et seq. Andrew J. Maloney, III, Blanca I. Rod- riguez, Brian J. Alexander, David Beek- man, David C. Cook, Francis G. Fleming, James P. Kreindler, Justin Timothy Green, Lee

EPTEMBER 11, 2001 779 Cite as 349 F.Supp.2d 765 (S.D.N.Y. 2005) permit inference that he provided support to al Qaeda. 18 U.S.C.A. § 2331 et seq. Andrew J. Maloney, III, Blanca I. Rod- riguez, Brian J. Alexander, David Beek- man, David C. Cook, Francis G. Fleming, James P. Kreindler, Justin Timothy Green, Lee S.

in- strumentalities in federal court. Argen- tine Republic v. Amerada Hess Shipping Corp., 488 U.S. 428, 439, 109 S.Ct. 683, 102 L.Ed.2d 818 (1989); Robinson v. Gov't of Malaysia, 269 F.3d 133, 188 (2d Cir.2001). Federal courts must inquire at the “threshold of every action” against a for- eign state wheth

hesitant to subject Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to discovery. 28 U.S.C.A. § 1602 et seq. 3 Cases that cite this headnote Attorneys and Law Firms *345 Andrew J. Maloney, II, Blanca I. Rodriguez, Brian J. Alexander, *546 David Beekman, David C. Cook, Francis G. Fleming, James P. Kreindler, Justin Timothy Green, Lee S.

he FSIA, a foreign state and its instrumentalities are presumed immune from this Court’s jurisdiction unless one of the statute’s exceptions applies. Robinson v. Gov't of Malaysia, 269 F.3d 133, 138 (2d Cir.2001). “In contrast to a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, in a challenge