Supreme Court quashes 9/11 lawsuit against Saudis

[babsbunny]

http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/06/29/supreme-court-quashes-911-lawsuit-against-saudis/

The Supreme Court has rejected a class-action lawsuit against Saudi Arabia brought by 9/11 survivors and relatives of those killed in the attacks.

The court’s decision Monday not to allow an appeal of the case to go forward effectively ends an effort by some 6,000 9/11 relatives and survivors to sue the government of Saudi Arabia and several members of the Saudi royal family over the country’s alleged behind-the-scenes role in the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Citing the 9/11 Commission report and numerous other documents, the plaintiffs had argued that Saudi royals were among the largest contributors to charities that funneled money to Al Qaeda, AP reported Monday.

[shadowknows69]

1. And there's the trifecta!!!

It's official. All three branches of our government are now wholly owned subsidiaries of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

[babsbunny]

3. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Please tell me this isn't true! Obama......super hero.... to the....rescue?

[hugo_from_TN]

7. The Obama admin urged the court to reject the case.

So no, I don't think he will be coming to the rescue.

[sisters6]

5. The WH had urged the SC to dismiss the lawsuit..***

........That was more or less the position of the Obama administration as well, which sided with the defendants and urged the courts to dismiss the lawsuit.

[sjdnb]

2. Surprized the SC has this authority to begin with, but

even if they can stop a US initiated case, one would think at least one of the 9/11 families has a relative in Europe or another court that could refile the case on the families' behalf.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

4. This is atrocious.

I haven't been so outraged since Santa Claus was cleared of all responsibilities for the Atlanta Olympics bombings by that Rudolph guy.

[SpiralHawk]

6. "Smirk." - xCommander AWOL (R)

[SpiralHawk]

8. "Sneer" - xVP Dickie 'Five-Military Deferments' Cheney (R)

[Politicalboi]

9. Because a trial would need evidence

And most of the evidence points to Bush/Cheney. Nothing to see here.

[rschop]

10. re: The court’s decision Monday not to allow an appeal of the case to go forward effectively ends an

From prior post:

"The court’s decision Monday not to allow an appeal of the case to go forward effectively ends an effort by some 6,000 9/11 relatives and survivors to sue the government of Saudi Arabia and several members of the Saudi royal family over the country’s alleged behind-the-scenes role in the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon."

Not too surprising. But we have our own fish to fry at the CIA and FBI HQ for intentionally allowing the al Qaeda terrorists to carry out these attacks on 9/11 in the first place. What’s so amazing is that all of the documentation that now proves this can be found on US government web sites and from US government sources.

See the DU link at:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3936266&mesg_id=3936266