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WTC families $104m damages.

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Hey kids, it's all gonna be OK - Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi government, Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda, the Taliban, Genghis Khan, Darth Vader, the Godfather, Adolf Hitler, Tomas de Torquemada and Count von Count all have to pay millions and millions of dollars in a lawsuit which on the basis of no evidence whatsoever, in an uncontested action, found a link (in the judges words, "barely") between al Qa'ida and Iraq.

So the prize for dumbest law of the decade goes to the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 which made these shenanigans possible. Read WTC families awarded $104m. According to an article from October last year Bush ain't paying up tho' so chances are the WTC families aren't getting the cash.

Posted by Paul at May 9, 2003 05:31 AM |