Article: CANTOR FITZGERALD SUES SAUDI ARABIA OVER 9/11.(News)

Byline: P-I news services

NEW YORK -- Cantor Fitzgerald, the brokerage firm that lost 658 employees in the Sept. 11 attack, has sued Saudi Arabia, charging that the kingdom "provided funding and material support and substantial assistance" to al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden.

The suit, filed in federal district court in Manhattan, goes further than previous 9/11 damage suits in its accusations against the Saudi government and the royal family. It singles out four Saudi officials, saying they controlled a network of financial institutions and charities that aided al-Qaida for at least seven years before the attack.

Cantor Fitzgerald, whose offices ...

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