Federal Courts Hold Iran Liable for 3 Iraq Attacks on U.S. Troops

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 2

Federal judges found Iran liable in cases tied to three Iraq attacks that killed Maj. Stuart Wolfer, Capt. Shawn English and Staff Sgt. William Brooks, and severely wounded Sgt. Robert Bartlett.
Court findings said the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its Quds Force supplied Explosively Formed Penetrators, rockets, funding and training to Iraqi proxy forces that targeted U.S. troops.
2005 to 2008 attacks described in the cases included a Baghdad Humvee strike that left Bartlett with massive facial injuries, a 2006 EFP blast that killed English, and a 2008 rocket hit on a base gym that killed Wolfer.
Families said the rulings formally acknowledged Iran's role but did not ease the loss, and they argued the current U.S.-Iran conflict is a continuation of a war they have lived with for nearly 20 years.
Judgments were issued under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's terrorism exception, but Iran did not appear in court and has not voluntarily paid, leaving plaintiffs struggling to collect damages.

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