Banks Sued by Hezbollah Rocket Victims
According to Newsday, the Lebanese-Canadian Bank SAL of Beirut and the American Express Bank of New York have been sued by a group of American, Canadian, and Israeli citizens because of alleged money transfer activities leading to Hezbollah terrorist attacks against Israeli cities. The plaintiffs, whose ages range from 3 to 88 years old, were all injured in the rocket attacks, or had family members who were injured or killed. Their lawsuit alleges that the Lebanese-Canadian Bank "negligently provided extensive banking
services to Hizbollah (sic), which caused, enabled and facilitated
the terrorist rocket attacks in which the plaintiffs and their
decedents were harmed and killed." The AMEX bank's role was that of a correspondent institution that converted the money to dollars. Newsday reports that the AMEX bank hasn't yet commented on the lawsuit, claiming they have not reviewed it.





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