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WYATT v. SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC

Civil Action No. 01-1628 (RMU).

398 F.Supp.2d 131 (2005)

Mary Nell WYATT, et. al., Plaintiffs, v. SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

September 30, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Strachman, McIntyre, Tate, Lynch & Holt, Providence, RI, for Plaintiffs.

Abdeen M. Jabara, New York City, Maher H. Hanania, Hanania & Khader, Falls Church, VA, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

URBINA, District Judge.

DENYING SYRIA'S MOTION TO DISMISS

I. INTRODUCTION

This case involves the Syrian Arab Republic's alleged support of a terrorist group (the Kurdistan Workers Party or "PKK") that abducted and held certain of the plaintiffs hostage in the early 1990s. The plaintiffs seek damages from the Syrian Arab Republic ("Syria") and the PKK for injuries resulting from the alleged hostage taking. Syria...

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