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Big Oil Weakens Terror Victim Bill
Big Oil Weakens Terror Victim Bill
The New York Times — Top executives of American oil companies met privately over the last year with Libya’s leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, as they lined up contracts allowing them to tap into the country’s oil reserves. Now the Libyan government and the American oil industry are working Capitol Hill, with help from the Bush administration, in an effort to bypass a law allowing victims of state-sponsored terrorism to collect court judgments by seizing foreign assets in the United States or money from those governments held by American companies doing business with them.
posted on Apr 23, 2008 5:20 AM ()
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I was understanding this pretty well until I came to the end... I think my brain is a little fogged by pain pills (wrenched my back lifting heavy items improperly)... I think it's bad, but I'm not sure. You certainly have a LOT of articles. I'm glad they're short!!! 
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