Legal Opinion
Thuneibat v. Syrian Arab Republic
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 1, 2016No. Civil Action No. 2012-0020PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BERYL A. HOWELL, United States District Judge
The families and estates of two American citizens, Lina Mansoor Thuneibat and Mousab Ahmad Khorma (the “Victims”), initiated this action, under the Torture Victim Protection Act (“TVPA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1350, and the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1602, et seq., against two defendants, the Syrian Arab Republic and the Syrian Military Intelligence, for sponsoring the November 9, 2005, terrorist attacks in Amman, Jordan. Compl. (Preamble), ¶¶ 1-21, ECF No. 1. These attacks, coordinated by Al-Qaida in Iraq…
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