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Article: In action seeking compensation for destruction of factory in Sudan allegedly associated with Osama bin Laden terrorist network, Federal Circuit confirms that Constitution grants President considerable power to designate enemy property abroad outside limits of Takings Clause.
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- International Law Update
- Article date:
- August 1, 2004
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Sabah El Din Ahmed Mohammed Idris (Idris) is a Saudi banker living in Sudan. In 1998, Idris acquired shares in a Sudanese pharmaceutical company, El-Shifa Pharmaceutical Industries Company (hereinafter El-Shifa), located in Khartoum, Sudan. After the August 7, 1998, attacks on U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, by terrorists, U.S. President Clinton ordered U.S. forces to conduct military strikes in Afghanistan and Sudan to disrupt the terrorist network of Osama bin Ladin. The targets included El-Shifa that was allegedly producing an ingredient for nerve gas.
El-Shifa and Idris sought $50 million in damages in the U.S. Court of Federal ...