NORFOLK, Va. - A federal judge said Thursday he plans to proceed with a trial next month of a $105 million lawsuit against the Sudanese government filed by families of the 17 Sailors killed in the USS Cole bombing.
The lawsuit alleges that Sudan's government provided financial and training support to al-Qaida, including the militants who planned the attack on the Norfolk-based Navy destroyer in the Aden, Yemen, harbor on Oct. 12, 2000.
About 50 people - including R. James Woolsey, former CIA director under President Clinton - already have been questioned and the judge will receive their depositions so they will not take the stand, Hall said. One or two expert witnesses and four family members will testify in person, he said.
Side bar: Bill Clinton's Terrorism FAILURES!
Foreign citizens ordinarily are immune from lawsuits in U.S. courts, but Congress amended the law in 1996 to allow victims to seek monetary damages against countries classified as state sponsors of terrorism. More
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
USS Cole Trial to Proceed
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