REVEALED: 9/11 families could sue UAE for alleged role in attacks
The Qatar crisis has sparked a fierce war of words over UAE's alleged involvement in the devastating New York attacks
The families of hundreds of people killed in the 9/11 attacks are considering adding the United Arab Emirates as a defendant to a legal case against Saudi Arabia for its roles in the outrage, Middle East Eye can reveal.
Nearly 3,000 people died when hijacked airplanes crashed into New York's World Trade Centre, the Pentagon building and a Pennsylvania field in September 2001.
Until now the attention of the victims' families and their legal representatives has been focused on Saudi Arabia, which it is alleged helped support the attack through its alleged funding of al-Qaeda training camps and its support for the group, including weapons, funding and logistical support.
But the UAE's alleged support for al-Qaeda has been raised in New York legal circles in the context of the Qatar crisis, leading victims' families to discuss taking legal action before a statute of limitations on court challenges over the devastating attacks expires in January 2019.
Kristen Breitweiser, who lost her husband Ronald in the 9/11 attacks, told MEE that the UAE is "on the radar" of victims' families and their legal teams.
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It's opened up a can of worms. I post this because even if nothing were to come of this, it gives some useful information.
