U.S. Supreme Court Says Victims Of 1998 Al Qaeda Attacks In Africa Can Sue Sudan

A view of the damaged U.S. embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.

FOX News: Supreme Court: Victims of 1998 Al Qaeda attacks in Africa can sue Sudan

The Supreme Court sided Monday with victims of Al Qaeda’s 1998 attacks on U.S. embassies in Africa, ruling unanimously that they were eligible for punitive damages from Sudan, which was found to have assisted the terror organization.

The decision comes at a delicate time for relations between the U.S. and Sudan, where an uprising last year overthrew the 30-year regime of Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide allegedly committed by his forces in the country’s Darfur region. Washington and the transitional government in Khartoum recently agreed to exchange ambassadors for the first time in decades.

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