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To: davemarkun who wrote (88959)	8/20/2002 7:07:53 AM
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The Sudanese & Saudis fear this & resulting possible assets freezes & there are currently boycotts of US goods in Saudi streets. To prevent their assets being frozen, the Saudi's WILL pull assets from the US stock market & out of all $US based assets. Not only will this have a direct negative impact on the $US & resulting upward pressure on PoG, BUT into what else might they put their money? AP Sept. 11 families file dlrs 100 trillion suit, claiming Sudan, Saudis, financed attack Fri Aug 16, 3:33 PM ET By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Relatives of Sept. 11 victims filed a dlrs 100 trillion lawsuit against the Sudanese government and Saudi officials, banks and charities, claiming they helped finance Osama bin Laden ( news - web sites)'s network and the terror attacks. "It's not the money. We want to do something to get at these people," said Irene Spina, whose daughter, Lisa L. Trerotola, 38, died in the World Trade Center in New York City. "There's nothing else we can do." "This is the right thing to do," said Matt Sellito, father of Matthew Carmen Sellito, 23, who also died at the World Trade Center. "If the odds are stacked against us, we will beat them." The 15-count federal lawsuit seeks to cripple banks, charities and some members of the Saudi royal family as a deterrent to terrorist financing schemes. One defendant bristled at the charges. An official at Al Rajhi Banking and Investment Corporations said the company has not been officially notified of the lawsuit but added it has nothing to hide. The suit was filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, on behalf of some 600 families. The complaint seeks "an amount in excess of dlrs 100 trillion" and charges the defendants with racketeering, wrongful death, negligence and conspiracy. Lead attorney Ron Motley said Friday that the complaint was being amended and would likely ask for damages in excess of $1 trillion in future filings. Motley said the money likely would come largely from assets held by the defendants in the United States. He said the plaintiffs were after more institutions than those whose assets already have been frozen by the U.S. and other governments. The complaint also ignores the Bush administration's delicate diplomatic balancing act with Saudi Arabia by bluntly blaming the kingdom's officials and institutions for the attacks. "That kingdom sponsors terrorism," Motley told reporters. "This is an insidious group of people." The complaint names more than seven dozen defendants, including the government of Sudan, seven banks, eight Islamic foundations and three Saudi princes. Those listed include Prince Mohammed al-Faisal, former intelligence chief Prince Turki al-Faisal, Saudi Defense Minister Prince Sultan, Khalid bin Salim bin Mahfouz of the National Commercial Bank and the Faisal Islamic Bank. Officials from the Saudi Embassy did not return a call for comment but the Saudi government has denied any link between senior officials and al-Qaida.. President George W. Bush ( news - web sites)'s administration has been careful not to blame the Saudi government for the attacks in its drive build a coalition for its war against terrorism. Prince Saud al-Faisal, the Saudi foreign minister, said last week that the 70-year-old U.S.-Saudi alliance was as solid now as before the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States. He said bin Laden, who was stripped of Saudi citizenship and is accused of directing the al-Qaida attacks, had intended to drive a wedge between the two countries when he chose 15 Saudi citizens to be among the 19 hijackers. story.news.yahoo.com