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OWENS v. REPUBLIC OF SUDAN

Nos. 05-5173, 06-5079.

531 F.3d 884 (2008)

James OWENS, et al., Appellees v. REPUBLIC OF the SUDAN and Interior Ministry of the Republic of the Sudan, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 11, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Knox Bemis argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellants.

Steven R. Perles argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were Thomas Fortune Fay and Edward B. MacAllister.

Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge SENTELLE.

SENTELLE, Chief Judge:

This case arises from the alleged role of the Republic of Sudan and its Interior Ministry ("Sudan") in the simultaneous U.S. embassy bombings in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on August 7, 1998, carried out by the terrorist group al Qaeda. Several of those injured in the bombings and their family members brought suit against Sudan under 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(7), alleging that Sudan...

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