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was extrajudicial killing within meaning of
immunity-stripping provision of FSIA as
28 innocent persons were killed, defendants provided material support and resources to terrorist groups and their operatives for specific purpose of carrying out
acts of extrajudicial killing such as attack,
plaintiffs filed action under provision of
National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2008, at time action was filed,
North Korea had been officially designated
as state sponsor of terrorism, and the
plaintiffs and victims were United States
citizens at time of attack. 28 U.S.C.A.
§ 1605A; National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2008, 122 Stat. 3.
3. International Law O10.33
A deadly terrorist attack, taken as a
whole, clearly constitutes an ‘‘act’’ of extrajudicial killing for purposes of provision
eliminating foreign sovereign immunity under Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
(FSIA). 28 U.S.C.A. § 1605A.
4. International Law O10.38
A plaintiff may establish his or her
proof in Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
(FSIA) default judgment proceedings via
affidavit; live testimony is not required.
28 U.S.C.A. § 1605A.
5. Death O95(1)
Eight children of American citizen,
who was killed in terrorist machine gun
attack at Israeli airport, were each individually entitled to $5,000,000 in compensatory damages, jointly and severally, from
Democratic People’s Republic of North
Korea (North Korea) and its Cabinet General Intelligence Bureau (CGIB) in their
action for wrongful death, personal injury
and related torts pursuant to Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA); children
suffered in many ways from attack, as
their family had been permanently disrupted, they lost loving and devoted father, witnessed their mother become permanently depressed and disabled, and
their childhood and past relationship with
their mother and other siblings had been
marred. 28 U.S.C.A. § 1605A.
6. Death O95(1)
Estate of wife of American citizen,
who was killed in terrorist machine gun
attack at Israeli airport, was entitled to
$8,000,000 in compensatory damages, jointly and severally, from Democratic People’s
Republic of North Korea (North Korea)
and its Cabinet General Intelligence Bureau (CGIB) in its action for wrongful
death, personal injury and related torts
pursuant to Foreign Sovereign Immunities
Act (FSIA); wife was harmed on many
levels by attack, as she lost loving and
devoted husband, suffered trauma of terrorist organization’s murder of her husband, and endured severe grief. 28
U.S.C.A. § 1605A.
7. Death O95(1)
Estate of son of American citizen
killed in terrorist machine gun attack at
Israeli airport, was entitled to $5,000,000
in compensatory damages, jointly and severally, from Democratic People’s Republic
of North Korea (North Korea) and its
Cabinet General Intelligence Bureau
(CGIB) in their action for wrongful death,
personal injury and related torts pursuant
to Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
(FSIA); son suffered in many ways from
attack, as his family had been permanently
disrupted, he lost loving and devoted father, witnessed his mother become permanently depressed and disabled, and his
childhood and past relationship with his
mother and other siblings had been
marred. 28 U.S.C.A. § 1605A.
8. Assault and Battery O38, 40
American citizen who was injured in
terrorist machine gun attack at Israeli airport was entitled to $15,000,000 in compensatory damages, jointly and severally, from
Democratic People’s Republic of North
Korea (North Korea) and its Cabinet Gen-