Fox News chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin details the latest on a pair of attacks by American forces directed at ISIS leaders in Syria on 'Special Report.'who were killed in the fight against the Islamic State in Syria are suing French cement giant Lafarge after the company pleaded guilty to making payments to the terrorist group.
"Defendants' payments to and business partnership with ISIS provided ISIS the seed capital it needed to transform from a fledgling militia in the early 2010s into a brutal terroristic behemoth with the capability and intent to kill Americans," states a lawsuit that was brought by the families of three U.S. military members who were killed in attacks blamed on ISIS, according to a report from ABC Sunday.
Lafarge built a $680 million plant in northern Syria in 2011 but soon began facing competition from companies importing cheaper cement, according to the Justice Department. Prosecutors accused the company of turning a blind eye to the actions of the ISIS militant groups it was working with, saying the financial deals made were not out of ideological alignment with the terrorist groups but an attempt to secure an economic advantage.
Prosecutors said the company also used fake contracts and other falsified documents in an attempt to hide its business relationship with the"There is no justification — none — for a multi-national corporation authorizing payments to a designated terrorist group. Such payments are egregious violations of our laws, justify maximum scrutiny by U.S. authorities, and warrant severe punishment," Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen said in an October Justice Department press release.
The lawsuit claims that the company placed its"economic self-interest" first, helping provide critical funding to a group that was
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