Posted on Feb 13, 2022
Newshour - Lawyer for 9/11 families says Biden is right to seize Afghan reserves - BBC Sounds
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President Biden has authorised the seizure of seven billion dollars in Afghan central bank assets -- earmarking half of it for possible payments to 9/11 victims, and the other half for humanitarian relief in Afghanistan. Andrew Maloney is a US lawyer representing around 150 relatives of those who were killed more than twenty years ago. He says the Afghan people should have done more to stop the Taliban and that using Afghan national assets to pay compensation is fair game.
Newshour - Lawyer for 9/11 families says Biden is right to seize Afghan reserves - BBC Sounds
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Afghanistan
Joe Biden
Taliban
9/11
Al Qaeda
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Chip... are you doing research for RP Trumpublicans now?
..."As the Biden administration mulled over what to do with the funds, a group of relatives of victims of the September 11 attacks, who years ago won a default judgment against the Taliban and al-Qaida, sought to seize the Afghan bank assets. In a case known as Havlish, the plaintiffs persuaded a judge to dispatch a US marshal to serve the Federal Reserve with a “writ of execution” to seize the Afghan money.
The Biden government has intervened in the lawsuit, and is expected to tell the court that the victims’ claims for half the money should be heard (several other victims’ groups have also asked for a share). If the judge agrees, Biden will seek to direct the remainder toward some sort of trust fund to be spent on food and other humanitarian aid in Afghanistan – while keeping it out of the hands of the Taliban.
The process is likely to be long and messy, with advocates and some 9/11 victims arguing that the Afghan assets should all go to help the Afghan people who are facing mounting hardship.
The money – which includes currency, bonds and gold – mostly comes from foreign exchange funds that accumulated over the past two decades when western aid flowed into Afghanistan. But it also includes the savings of ordinary Afghans, who are now facing growing violence and hunger with the economy and rule of law in freefall."...
..."As the Biden administration mulled over what to do with the funds, a group of relatives of victims of the September 11 attacks, who years ago won a default judgment against the Taliban and al-Qaida, sought to seize the Afghan bank assets. In a case known as Havlish, the plaintiffs persuaded a judge to dispatch a US marshal to serve the Federal Reserve with a “writ of execution” to seize the Afghan money.
The Biden government has intervened in the lawsuit, and is expected to tell the court that the victims’ claims for half the money should be heard (several other victims’ groups have also asked for a share). If the judge agrees, Biden will seek to direct the remainder toward some sort of trust fund to be spent on food and other humanitarian aid in Afghanistan – while keeping it out of the hands of the Taliban.
The process is likely to be long and messy, with advocates and some 9/11 victims arguing that the Afghan assets should all go to help the Afghan people who are facing mounting hardship.
The money – which includes currency, bonds and gold – mostly comes from foreign exchange funds that accumulated over the past two decades when western aid flowed into Afghanistan. But it also includes the savings of ordinary Afghans, who are now facing growing violence and hunger with the economy and rule of law in freefall."...
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SGT (Join to see) I May Throw them a Bone Occasionally but probably not form a Reich Wing Rag though.
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Who is this lawyer to say what is good and bad? What standing does he have?
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