A bill was backed on Monday that would allow families
of 9/11 victims to sue government whose
nationals were involved in that attack. The bill was backed by Two leading US
presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders,
On Monday, her campaign released a more
definitive statement saying families and victims of terror need to “hold
accountable those responsible. As president, she’d work with Congress on that
end”.Although the Justice Against Sponsors of
Terrorism Act, approved by the Senate’s judiciary committee last month, does
not specifically mention Saudi Arabia by name, a number of victims’ families
have already announced their intention to sue the government in Riyadh.“Obviously
we’ve got to make anyone who participates in or supports terrorism pay a price.
And we also have to be aware of any consequences that might affect Americans,
either military or civilian or our nation,” Mrs Clinton told ABC News on Sunday
night. “I support legislation by Senator Chuck
Schumer that would allow Americans, including the families of victims of the
9/11 attacks, to use US courts to determine if foreign entities are culpable
for terrorist attacks in the United States and seek restitution for the damages
and lives lost,” said Senator Sanders.The
dispute caused a major rupture in US-Saudi relations and earlier this week
Saudi Arabia threatened to pull $750 billion from US economy if Congress
approved the bill.
