Friday, August 17, 2012

Families Of 241 U.S. Servicemen Killed In Beirut Bombing Sue British Bank Standard Chartered For Concealing Iran`s 'Compensation Cash'

Rescue and clean-up crews search for casualties following the barracks bombing in Beirut, Oct 23, 1983. SSgt Randy Gaddo, USMC / U.S. Marine Corps

Families Of 241 U.S. Servicemen Killed In Beirut Bombing Sue British Bank For 'Helping Iran Hide Compensation Cash' -- Daily Mail

* Lawsuit seeks to enforce $2.6bn judgement in compensatory damages against Iran that was awarded to the bombing victims' families in 2007
* Civil action comes day after British bank agreed to pay $340m to New York State's financial regulator to settle allegations it concealed Iran-linked transactions worth $250bn

Relatives of the 241 servicemen killed in a 1983 bombing of a U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut have sued Standard Chartered after the British bank 'helped Iran hide $2.6billion in compensation'.

The civil lawsuit, filed yesterday in U.S. district court in Manhattan, is seeking to enforce a 2007 judgement in compensatory damages against Iran that awarded the $2.6billion to the bombing victims' families.

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My Comment:
I wish them luck.

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