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Part 2: More Defendants and the Plaintiffs' Claims for Damages

The Charity Defendants

• The Charity Fronts of Terror
• Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, Inc.
• Benevolence International Foundation Inc., a/k/a Al Bir al DaWalia
• International Islamic Relief Organization
• The Muslim World League
• The SAAR Foundation
• Rabita Trust
• Saudi bin Laden Group
• Yassin Abdullah al-Kadi & Global Diamond Resources

Certain Members of the Saudi Royal Family

The Republic of Sudan

Claims

Each separate violation of the law for which a plaintiff seeks damages is called a "claim for relief" - or "claim" for short - in federal court. These plaintiffs are asserting fifteen separate claims for relief. Under each claim, they collectively seek the same damages - in excess of one trillion dollars ($1,000,000,000,000).

• Count One - Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
• Count Two - Torture Victim Protection Act
• Count Three - Alien Tort Claims Act
• Count Four - Wrongful Death
• Count Five - Negligence
• Count Six - Survival
• Count Seven - Negligent and/or Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
• Count Eight - Conspiracy
• Count Nine - Aiding and Abetting
• Count Ten - 18 U.S.C. § 2333 - Treble Damages for U.S. Nationals
• Count Eleven - Violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizationa Act 18 U.S.C. § 1962(a)
• Count Twelve - Violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizationa Act 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c)
• Count Thirteen - Violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizationa Act 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d)
• Count Fourteen - Punitive Damages
• Count Fifteen - Punitive Damages - Agencies and Instrumentalities of the Foreign State Defendant

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