U.S. top court backs Sudan over American sailors in USS Cole bombing case

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U.S. top court backs Sudan over American sailors in USS Cole bombing case
Andrew Chung

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday prevented American sailors injured in the deadly 2000 al Qaeda bombing of the Navy destroyer USS Cole from collecting $314.7 million in damages from the government of Sudan for its alleged role in the attack.

In a 8-1 ruling, the justices overturned a lower court’s decision that had allowed the sailors to collect the damages from certain banks that held Sudanese assets. The decision represented a major victory for Sudan, which denies that it provided any support to al Qaeda for the attack in Yemen.

Sudan was backed by President Donald Trump’s administration in the case.

Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-sudan/u-s-top-court-backs-sudan-over-american-sailors-in-uss-cole-bombing-case-idUSKCN1R71PQ

USS Cole bombing
The USS Cole bombing was a suicide attack against the United States Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Cole on 12 October 2000, while it was being refueled in Yemen's Aden harbor. Seventeen American sailors were killed and 39 injured in the deadliest attack against a United States naval vessel since the USS Stark incident in 1987.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cole_bombing

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