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September 11 Victims Families Sue Saudis, Banks

Relatives of the Sept. 11 attacks filed a 15-count, 1 trillion dollars lawsuit Thursday against Saudi officials, institutions and Sudan, charging they financed Osama bin Laden's terrorist network.

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Relatives of the Sept. 11 attacks filed a 15-count, 1 trillion dollars lawsuit Thursday against Saudi officials, institutions and Sudan, charging they financed Osama bin Laden's terrorist network.

The lawsuit was filed in US District Court for the District of Columbia by more than 600 family members of Sept. 11 victims, somefire fighters and rescue workers.

Calling themselves Families United to Bankrupt Terrorism, the plaintiffs are suing seven international banks, eight Islamic foundations, charities and their subsidiaries, individual terrorist financiers, the Saudi bin Laden Group, three Saudi princes, and the government of Sudan for allegedly bankrolling theAl Qaeda network, Osama bin Laden and the Taliban.

The Saudi bin Laden Group is the construction company operated in Saudi Arabia by Osama bin Laden's brothers. The Federal Bureau of Investigation said 15 of the hijackers involved in the Sept. 11attacks were Saudi Arabian.

The suit, modeled after action filed against Libya in the Pan Am flight 103 disaster, seeks to cripple banks, charities and some members of the Saudi royal family, as well as vengeance for the families of those who perished, the plaintiffs said.

"It's not the money. We want to do something to get at these people," said Irene Spina, whose daughter, Lisa L. Trerotola, 38, perished in the World Trade Center.

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