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Article

12 May 2008

Author:
AP

US victims of terror in Israel claim Swiss bank enabled attacks by dealing with Iran

Several American victims of terrorist attacks in Israel have filed a lawsuit seeking more than $500 million (€324 million) from a Swiss bank, claiming the bank made it possible for Iran to fund the terrorists. The lawsuit says...UBS...provided dollars to Iran in violation of trade sanctions and Iran funneled the money to terrorist groups...Their lawyer, Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, said...that the bank is liable "as much as Iran or the terrorists" for the damage caused. A UBS spokesman in New York, Kris Kagel, said the bank would not comment...