WorldNEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday rejected Saudi Arabia’s bid to dismiss lawsuits claiming that it helped plan the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and should pay billions of dollars in damages to victims. Lawyers for Saudi Arabia did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the decision. Saudi Arabia had long had broad immunity from Sept. 11 lawsuits in the United States. Saudi Arabia had argued that the plaintiffs could not show that any Saudi official, employee or agent planned or carried out the attacks. “We have been pressing to proceed with the case and conduct discovery from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, so that the full story can come to light, and expose the Saudi role in the 9/11 attacks,” he said in a phone interview.

Source: Sunday Times March 29, 2018 00:33 UTC