USS Cole victims are opposed at Supreme Court by unlikely partners: Sudan and U.S.

[Eugene]

Source: Washington Post

USS Cole victims are opposed at Supreme Court by unlikely partners: Sudan and U.S.

By Robert Barnes November 4 at 6:45 PM

The road to recovery has been a long one for David Morales, who was injured during the al-Qaeda attack on the USS Cole 18 years ago last month. And he knew it would be difficult to collect the nearly $315 million that he and others wounded in the attack were awarded in their suit against the Republic of Sudan.

But he didn’t expect the case to go all the way to the Supreme Court, and he certainly didn’t think he would see the Trump administration aligned with Sudan on the other side of the legal battle.

“I thought the United States would be on the side of its veterans,” Morales said in a recent interview. “It was very surprising, especially with Mr. Trump in office. It seems like he is in support of veterans. It kind of hurts.”

Years of litigation and millions of dollars in awards are on the line this week as the Supreme Court addresses a seemingly mundane question: whether notices of the lawsuits against Sudan were sent to the wrong address eight years ago.

The notices were addressed to the Sudanese Embassy in Washington at 2210 Massachusetts Ave. NW, where an employee signed for them. One federal appeals court has decreed that was adequate.

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[Jake Stern]

1. At least the Cole families got their day in court

unlike the innocent Yemeni victims of our drone strikes who are denied their chance seek justice and plead their case in court by both Republican AND Democratic administrations.

We killed a teenaged American citizen whose only crime was being the son of an accused terrorist. Where is his justice?

These folks received far, far more justice than families of those killed when Uncle Sam uncorks missiles at an Afghan wedding party based on nothing more than an informant's claim some high profile target will be there.