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VAN BENEDEN v. AL-SANUSI

No. 11-7045.

709 F.3d 1165 (2013)

Michelle VAN BENEDEN, Appellant v. Abdallah AL-SANUSI, Major, Chief, Libyan Internal Security, Bab-al-Azizyeh, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 22, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven R. Perles argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs were Edward B. MacAllister , Richard D. Heideman , and Tracy Reichman Kalik .

Ramsey Clark argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief was Lawrence W. Schilling .

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge BROWN.

BROWN, Circuit Judge:

On December 27, 1985, members of the Abu Nidal Organization attacked the international flights terminals in Rome's Leonardo da Vinci Airport and Vienna's Schwechat Airport, killing sixteen people and wounding over a hundred more. Peter Knowland was one of those injured in the Vienna attack. Over two decades later, he sued Syria, Libya, and a number of Syrian and Libyan individuals and organizations...

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