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IN RE TERRORIST ATTACKS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 Cite as 349 F.Supp.2d 765 (S.D.N.Y. 2005) 765 tain general jurisdiction over them, all claims asserted against those individual defendants are dismissed for lack of personal jurisdiction. 3. Plaintiffs Are Entitled to Jurisdictional...

In re: TERRORIST ATTACKS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001., 2012 WL 257568 (2012) from the founders and most senior officials of al-Qaeda’s partners in the financial industry, many of whom had longstanding direct ties to bin Laden, and several of whom also held positions within al-Qaeda’s...

it openly used Defendants Al Shamal Islamic Bank (“Al Shamal’”) and Faisal

…292 F.Supp.2d at 23 (citing Burger King and Keeton v. Hustler Maga- zine, Inc, 465 U.S. at 774-75, 104 S.Ct. 1473); see also Exec. Order 13244 (desig- nating certain branches of Al Haramain and BIF in 2002). Accordingly, Prince Turki’s motion to dismiss the Federal com- plaint fo...

In re: TERRORIST ATTACKS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001., 2012 WL 257568 (2012) remaining defendants, who allegedly held more junior positions in foreign governments, was unclear. Struggling to interpret the precise meaning of Terrorist Attacks III's personal jurisdiction holding, plaint...

which is the parent of Al Shamal Bank. JA2570. Osama bin Laden

Al Shamal *45 and FIBS are referred to herein as the

*° Al Shamal maintained accounts for Osama bin Laden and several other al-Qaeda officials

the Sudanese regime that provided safehaven and support to bin Laden and al-Qaeda held a direct interest in Faisal Islamic Bank.77 Its founders included Yousef Nada

…, Sterling Charitable Gift Fund, Sterling Manage- ment Group, Inc., Success Foundation, and York Foundation.” Jd. 1224. Allegedly, many of the entities are related by com- mon management, few of them maintained a physical presence at their purported place of business, and they al...

IN RE TERRORIST ATTACKS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 837 Cite as 349 F.Supp.2d 765 (S.D.N.Y. 2005) this Court has personal jurisdiction over SBG they are entitled the opportunity to develop these claims. SBG’s motions to dismiss the Ashton and Burnett complaints for failure to state...

In re: TERRORIST ATTACKS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001., 2012 WL 257568 (2012) the recipients of their support advanced al-Qaeda’s activities -- despite plaintiffs’ detailed pleading of defendants’ extensive dealings with al-Qaeda and its network of supporting entities. The Court also g...

…ER 11, 2001 835 Cite as 349 F.Supp.2d 765 (S.D.N.Y. 2005) The Burnett Plaintiffs claim that mem- bers of the Spanish al Qaeda cell used Arab Bank to make wire transfers. Bur- nett Complaint 1138 (alleging Arab Bank is “used regularly by al Qaeda’s Spanish cell for transfers of...

836 mainly banks in Arab and Islamic coun- tries. Ashton Complaint 1583; Burnett Complaint 147. It also has banks in Chi- cago, Illinois and Houston, Texas. Bur- nett Complaint 147. Al Baraka allegedly provided financial infrastructures in Sudan to Osama bin Laden through Defend...

…ACKS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 825 Cite as 349 F.Supp.2d 765 (S.D.N.Y. 2005) available to the world community. Addi- tionally, Plaintiffs submit that these cases have been widely reported in the Arabic media and the complaints have been avail- able on numerous websites for over tw...