NEW YORK - The Saudi Binladin Group is not liable for the Sept. 11 attacks, attorneys for the multinational engineering firm claim, because it made Osama bin Laden surrender his stake in the company 14 years ago.
Responding in federal court to lawsuits over the attacks, the lawyers wrote that in 1993, the terrorist mastermind was forced out as a shareholder in two companies his family owns.
The company filed the defense papers late Friday in U.S. District Court in answer to claims brought by representatives, survivors and insurance carriers of the victims.
The plaintiffs, who seek billions of dollars in damages, allege the Saudi Binladin Group, along with numerous banks, charities and individuals worldwide, provided material support and assistance to al-Qaida prior to the attacks.
The plaintiffs contend Bakr bin Laden — Osama bin Laden's brother, the senior member of the bin Laden family and chairman of Saudi Binladin Group — was one of al-Qaida's principal financiers.
A judge in July had ordered Saudi Binladin Group to provide additional information about where the money for Osama bin Laden's 2 percent stake in the company went.
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Smart move on the White House and Governor/Mayor of New York to send the victims of the 9/11 attack in the wrong direction. Something the White House knew yet kept it a secret. Rudy did good for his GOP friends no wonder they like him. Osama's family knew of his actions and did what they had to do to save their son and his shares. Now the Bin Laden family gets the money but gives their son his share. Look at it this way Daddy Bush is doing everything he can to save his lying, crying baby boy George. The Bin Laden family is doing the same thing for their son Osama. Bush/Cheney played the 9/11 victims for fools and it worked.
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