Legal Opinion
Wamai v. Republic of Sudan
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 23, 2016No. Civil Action No. 2008-1349PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOHN D. BATES, United States District Judge
On August 7,. 1998, the United States embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, were devastated by the nearly simultaneous detonations of a pair of truck bombs. More than 200 people were killed, including 12 Americans, and thousands were injured. There is no doubt the attack^ were the work of al Qaeda,, a grisly precursor to the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole and the atrocities of September 11,2001.
Starting in 2001, various groups of plaintiffs — comprising individuals directly injured in the two embassy bombings,'…
2Cases cited111 opinions
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3Cited by30 opinions
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