United States to seek money for the bombing of Sudan destroyer "Cole".

Families of American seamen who were killed in an explosion at the destroyers "Cole" will receive a minimum of 200 thousand in compensation from the Government of Sudan, reported Associated Press. Relatives of victims of the terrorist act committed in 2000, in the courts seeking compensation for six years.
12 October 2000, when Cole was in the Yemeni port of Aden, its board was blown up by two suicide bombers of al Qaeda, to match the rubber boat to the ship. 17 seamen were killed, 39 wounded. Relatives of the dead - only 33 people - have filed a lawsuit in U.S. court, which accused Sudan of involvement in terrorist acts.
In 2007, the court found the plaintiffs were right, but the Sudanese government has categorically denied his guilt. As the plaintiffs' attorney Andrew Hall (Andrew C. Hall), the compensation amount from 200 thousand to 1.2 million dollars. According to the decision of Federal District Judge Kimba Wood (Kimba Wood), funds will be taken from the Sudanese accounts have been frozen in American banks. According to Hall, the relatives of the deceased will seek additional deferred compensation for moral suffering.
During the trial, the Sudanese authorities have not challenged the plaintiffs, but on Tuesday reiterated their not belonging to an explosion "Cole." "This was not a territory and not in the territorial waters of Sudan and the Sudan to the neprichasten. There is no evidence that Sudan had provided financial assistance to any of the persons involved in the terrorist attack" - said the representative of the Sudanese Embassy in Washington. Sudan since 1993, is listed in the U.S. list of states that support terrorists.