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Trump’s 'poison pill': Saudi Arabia vs 9/11 families
« on: April 26, 2017, 02:32:22 am »
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Trump’s 'poison pill': Saudi Arabia vs 9/11 families
Trump's administration must delicately balance rights of 9/11 families and ties with Saudi Arabia
James Reinl   Tuesday 25 April 2017 22:19 UTC

NEW YORK, United States – United States President Donald Trump speaks of his preference for simplicity and bemoans the “complicated” issues that reach his desk. No surprise, then, that he is dodging an awkward tussle between the families of 9/11 victims and a key Middle Eastern ally.

It is a tightrope he will have to walk. Thanks to legislation passed last year, some of those bereaved by the 9/11 attacks are suing Saudi Arabia’s government for its alleged role in the hijackings in civil suits that are expected to gain momentum early this summer.

In response, the Saudis are bankrolling a phalanx of lobbyists and US military veterans to persuade Congress to dilute the so-called Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA), which passed in September despite objections from then-president Barack Obama, a Democrat.

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