A March 2016 ruling by a federal judge in New York that fined Iran $10.5 billion for its support of al-Qaida prior to the 9/11 attacks could be used to strike the Iranian regime.
Many have been debating if the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) passed by Congress on September 14th 2001 and signed by President Bush four days after can be used to wage war against Iran. The AUMF granted the authority to use all “necessary and appropriate force” against those determined to have “planned, authorized, committed or aided” the September 11th attacks, or who harbored the terrorists.
During the seven year Iran 9/11 case investigation evidence emerged indicating that the Iranian government began planning the attacks as early as 1985, and formed an alliance with al-Qaida dating back to 1993. The Islamic Republic and the bin Laden terror network were both linked to the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing. Iran was found to have obtained flight simulators for the 9/11 hijackers, concealed their travel by not stamping passports, and sent coded messages on May 14, 2001, indicating that the 9/11 plot had been activated.
On October 3rd 2012 U.S. District Judge George Daniels in New York formally ordered Iran and Al-Qaeda to pay compensation totaling $6,048,513,805 to the families of 47 victims of 9/11, $2 million to each estate for the victims’ pain and suffering plus $6.88 million in punitive damages. A default judgment against Iran was issued March 9th 2016 for $10.5 billion to the estates and families of people who died at the World Trade Center and Pentagon. These rulings clearly implicate Iran in the 9/11 attacks and thus could be used to go after the regime under the AUMF.
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