WYATT v. SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC

Civil Action No. 08-0502 (RMU).

736 F.Supp.2d 106 (2010)

Mary Nell WYATT, Plaintiffs, v. SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC, Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

September 8, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Strachman , McIntyre, Tate, Lynch & Holt, Providence, RI, for Plaintiffs.

Ramsey Clark , Clark & Schilling, New York, NY, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

DENYING THE DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS

RICARDO M. URBINA, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This matter comes before the court on the motion to dismiss filed by the Syrian Arab Republic ("Syria" or "the defendant"), in an action arising out of the alleged hostage-taking of two Americans by the Kurdistan Workers Party ("PKK"). The plaintiffs—a hostage, his family and the estate and family of another hostage who...

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