[GeneD]

I believe the suit seeks $1 trillion in damages, not $100 trillion.

[mustapha mond]

HA! The truth hurts. --MM

[mamelukesabre]

I've been hearing both, I don't know which to beleive. one trillion or one hundred trillion

[TomServo]

Already posted here.

[Torie]

This lawsuit won't go anywhere. Conspiracy and mens rea is hard to prove, and in this case I doubt exists. There is no motive.

[mamelukesabre]

Now that the families of the victims have begun to sue, I think it is time for all the american insurance companies to sue for their losses as well.
Businesses should sue for lost revenue too.
And uncle sam should sue for all the releive funds that have been handed out.
Charities should sue for all their expenses too.

Have I left anything out?

[AdamSelene235]

I believe the suit seeks $1 trillion in damages, not $100 trillion.

I think you're right, but I wouldn't expect a journalist to know the difference. The GWP-Gross World Product is about 40 trill. 100 trill sounds right to me, of course, they can't afford that so we will have to send in,uh, a collection agency.

[homeschool mama]

Do they also deny having a telethon for terrorists?

[river rat]

The House of Saud is the diseased whore that gave birth to and sustains radical/militant Islam...

The treacherous two faced lying bitch has earned our hatred, and deserves to feel the wrath of a brutal American vengence.
Semper Fi

[Salgak]

Attention Saudi Arabia:

Boo-friggin' hoo!!! Payback's a b*tch, ain't it ????

[GVnana]

I believe the ability to file such a suit came about with a new law created by Congress which enabled the Lockerbee victims to sue Libya.

Emotions don't make good law, and this one will surely cut two ways. These victims may obtain what they consider justice, but when American courts do not uphold the sovereignty of other nations, what price will we pay?

[The Great RJ]

The US has unleashed its most powerful weapon -- an army of tort crazed lawyers. I bet the terrorists are shaking in their boots.

While I agree with the thought of getting at the supporters of terror any way we can, this shows our impotence. The US courts aren't the way to deal with terror. The rule of US civil law doesn't apply to foreign nationals in a war. We should drop the pretence of nicety to the Saudi's and seize the assets in the US of anyone suporting the terrorists. Let's also get those military tribunals going. Why are we wasting our time on an PJ trial for the likes of Mousai.

[Asclepius]

... many Saudis accused Washington of putting pressure on the Gulf Arab state to make it conform with U.S. policies on Iraq and the Middle East ...

The lawsuit is a civil action. Not a state action. How odd that our Saudi friends cannot understand the distinction.

One would suppose it is because the desert kingdom has no civil society of its own. To understand how a democracy works, you sort of have to live in one.

[Fithal the Wise]

DISCOVERY! DISCOVERY! DISCOVERY!

The legal Discovery process will unearth some very interesting information.

[eureka!]

"...as an attempt to extort Saudi wealth abroad."

Same thing OBL has done to them. Must be tough getting squeezed from both sides...