Phila. law firm wages an epic legal battle to win billions from Saudi Arabia.

[Demeter]

http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/20080531_Pinning_the_blame_for_terror.html

SPECIAL REPORT: SUING THE SAUDIS
Pinning the blame for 9/11
Special Report: A Phila. law firm wages an epic legal battle to win billions from Saudi Arabia.
By Chris Mondics

INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

First of two parts.



Less than a mile from the mournful place in Lower Manhattan where the World Trade Center came crashing to the ground, in a hushed federal courthouse, a small band of Philadelphia lawyers is prying loose secrets of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks...It is here that the Cozen O'Connor law firm has filed an 812-page lawsuit on behalf of U.S. and global insurance companies alleging that Saudi Arabia and Saudi-backed Islamist charities nurtured and financed al-Qaeda, the author of those deadly attacks.

Led by its flinty chairman and founder, Stephen Cozen, the firm has invested thousands of hours and millions of dollars to scour the world for witnesses, documents and other evidence in its attempt to hold the oil-rich desert kingdom liable for more than $5 billion in damages..."Our concern was whether there was a viable case to be made against the defendant," Cozen said, "and whether the defendant could pay."

Round 1 in this titanic legal battle went to the Saudis and their high-powered lawyers three years ago when a U.S. District Court judge removed the government and Saudi royals as defendants...
But Cozen argued that the kingdom and its officials should be restored as defendants. A fiercely competitive lawyer who built a tiny practice into one of the world's leading law firms for insurers, Cozen, 67, contended that the defendants "knew and intended to support al-Qaeda through these charities."

With a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit imminent, Cozen and his partners have unearthed facts and made connections missed not only by the 9/11 Commission but also by Congress in its investigations.

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[seemslikeadream]

1. connections missed not only by the 9/11 Commission but also by Congress in its investigations.

Thanks :hi:

[Diane_nyc]

2. A kick for one of the real stories about 9/11 (the attempt to sue the Saudis) nt

[BeFree]

4. Kick!

[Grateful for Hope]

3. I am wondering why this thread did not get more attention

This is important info, and highlights why a new investigation, whether or not we can actually get one, is very important.

Why was this info missed?

[jberryhill]

5. Information about Saudi complicity

Was deliberately not published, in order to prevent this sort of suit.

What is remarkable is that, with all this money on the line, Cozen was unable to find any information about controlled demolition, and still appears to believe that the towers collapsed as a proximate cause of the structural damage and fire due to airplane collisions.

Even more remarkably, is that the Saudi's in their defense have not pointed out that 9/11 was a false flag attack by elements of the US government itself.

So, it looks like both sides of this suit missed the point. Perhaps they must both be in on the coverup.

When you talk about "the Saudis", it is not as if one is talking about some sort of unified government structure. It is a large family, all of which do not fundamentally agree on many things.

[medicalbabs]

6. they didn't find evidence of CD with plenty of time and money

Cozen was unable to find evidence that supports the controlled demolition theory. This is an important finding. "No evidence found."

Finding: No evidence for controlled demolition.
Conclusion: No controlled demolition.

Cozen makes another conclusion, that planes and fire did it, but that doesn't necessarily flow from his evidence. His evidence goes against controlled demolition. What's the evidence that certain Saudi men hijacked planes?

He needs hijacked planes as a part of his lawsuit because he needs there to be Saudi hijackers. His finding on controlled demolition is still very interesting to me.

[SDuderstadt]

7. Maybe he's a "disinfo agent"...

Did you ever think of that? Hmm?

[medicalbabs]

8. labeling Cozen as "disinfo" is glossing over the details

Cozen could be a disinfo agent. He could also be a lawyer arguing his cause and blind to all else.
If he is a genuine lawyer doing lawyerly things, then he could be inadvertently exposing part of the story that is true (that controlled demolition was not used) in his attempt to prove something else. The "something else" isn't true in this case. Saudi men did not hijack any planes on 9/11.