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Iraq Sued By Oklahoma City Bombing Survivors Fourteen people who survived the April 19, 1995 bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahome City sued the Republic of Iraq today. They claim that Iraqi agents took part in the planning, execution and financing of the bombing plot. Fourteen people who survived the April 19, 1995 bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahome City sued the Republic of Iraq today. They claim that Iraqi agents took part in the planning, execution and financing of the bombing plot. The plaintiffs are represented by the Washington, D.C. public interest law firm Judicial Watch. Larry Klayman, he organization's chairman and general counsel, says "It's time the whole story about the Oklahoma City bombing is revealed, and that justice is done for the Iraqi's state sponsorship of that brutal attack on American citizens." Klayman says the complaint is brought under the provisions of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, which addresses state sponsored terrorism. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The complaint cites reports from Philippine intelligence sources of meetings between Terry Nichols, convicted of the Murrah Building bombing, and Ramzi Youssef, convicted of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Nichols traveled to the Philippines several times between 1990 and 1994. News and Opinion |
