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In re: TERRORIST ATTACKS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001., 2012 WL 257568 (2012) Statement Of Facts oc cssesssssssssseesssnesssneesssnesssnsesssnsesssnsesssnsesssnsesssneesssesessuseecessessesseccassecsusessuseersnseersneersnseeranseeeaneeeaneetanss 24 The Origins of al-Qaeda oo eceeccecssescsstesssessseeesnseceseecsceesnsecesecessecsesecaseceusessnecsaseceueeesneesnsecaseseasersnsecaseceaeeesnessesecaaeecaseesnsecaseeeaess 24 The Role of Ostensible Charities in al-Qaeda’s Growth and Development 2.00... .cccesecseesseeeeeeceeeseeeeeeeeentennees 28 Al-Qaeda’s Collaborators in the Financial [mdustry ces cecseessssecsesssseeesneeceseccseeeensceeseceaeeesneeseseceseecaeesneeeeeesaeeeensess 42 Al-Qaeda’s Additional Wealthy Fimancters .....cscccsssssssssesssssssseesnsecesescsseesnsccaseccssecsnseseseseatecsneesnsecaseecasersneecaeeeaeerensess 55 Summary Of Argument occ eecceccseecssessssessseeesnseceseeesneesnseceseccsseesnsecaseccasersescenseccaseesneeseseceaersuessnsecaseecseeesnecaseceaersneeeeseseatereneees 59 Standard Of ROVICW o..escsessssseesssntesssneesssneesssneesssnesssnesssnsesssnsesssnsessunsescsnsessuneesesseesssseessusessussessuseessnseersaneetanseessnseetanseeeansestanss 62 ALUMI cece ecseesseesseesseessecusecuscsnecsuecsscesscesscasecasecnscsnecsueesecesscesecasecasecuscsuecsueeseceuscesecasecasecnscsueesseeseeesecesecasecaeeneeaneesuerseeeaeeesteasees 63 I. The District Court Improperly Dismissed the Anti-Terrorism Act Claims ......cccccssessssesstecceeseeeeneecneesneee 63 A. The ATA Is Construed Broadly and Readily Encompasses Defendants’ Alleged Conduct 0. ee 64 B. The District Court Erred In Finding that Plaintiffs Failed to Plead that Defendants Knowingly or 72 Recklessly Provided Support for Terrorisim 0... ccscsssssssssseesstescstsssneeensecesesesseesnsecaseceasessnsecaseceasersnessnsecaaeeeaeesneecaseeeaess *ii 1. The District Court Applied an Incorrect, Heightened Standard In Evaluating Plaintiffs’ Pleadings 74 2. The District Court Understated and Ignored Plaintiffs’ Extensive Pleadings Addressing Defendants’ 77 Knowing and Reckless Support of Terrorist eccccssccsssssesseesseessseessneeceseccceeesnecsaseceseeesessnsecaseseaeeesneeeuseceatereneeensesess (a) Al Raght Bark oo. ccceeccssssseesseessseessneesnsecesesesnecsnsecesescssessnsecasescasersnsesaseceasessuscseseceaeessnessnsecaseecasersnsccaseseaseesneeenseceaeerenessnsecess 78 (b) Saudi American Batt ......ccssssssssssssssssssssesssessecsnessssssssssesssesssesasesusesuecsnessessesssessseeasesusesnscsnsessessesssesesesasecaseaneesneesneesseses 81 (c) Saleh Abdullah Kamel and Dallah al Baraka... ccsssssssssssessesssesssesseessesssesssecssesnsesnscsneessessesssessuesasecuseaneesnessesseenss 83 (d) Dar-Al-Maal Al Islami (“DMI”) Trust ......ccecsecssssssssssesssssssesseesnecsnecsncesscesesssesssecasesusesnecsneessessesssessuesasesaseaneesnessneeseeess 86 3. The District Court Failed to Draw Reasonable Inferences From Plaintiffs’ Extensive Additional 90 Pleadings Establishing Defendants’ Knowing and Reckless Support of Terrorist cscs eee (a) Reasonable inference based on provision of support to al-Qaeda, a notorious terrorist organization ... 91 (b) Reasonable inference based on provision of support to charities known to be fronts for al-Qaeda. ...... 93 (c) Reasonable inference based on defendants’ extensive relationship with the al-Qaeda network ............. 100 4. The District Court Failed to Accept the Truth of the Facts Alleged .oescecsssssssssssssssssseeeseeesseeseseeesnseceeeeeseeesneesees 112 C. The District Court Incorrectly Disregarded Extensive Allegations of Support to al-Qaeda by 116 Defendants Dallah al Baraka and Saleh Abdullah Kamel in the Early to Mid 19908 oo. eee II. The District Court Improperly Dismissed The Alien Tort Statute Claims Because The Statute 120 Encompasses Claims Based On Acts Related To International Terroristm oo... cccccssesseesseesseeceteseeeeeneeceteeeeee WESTLAW HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023364