US military families sue after French company LaFarge pleads guilty to supporting terrorism

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Families of U.S. servicemen killed by ISIS have sued Lafarge, the French conglomerate that pleaded guilty earlier this year to bribing the Islamic State group and the Al-Nusra Front to keep a cement plant running through the Syrian civil war.

In this Oct. 19, 2022, file photo the logo of the concrete plant of the French building materials company, Lafarge is seen in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.the French conglomerate that pleaded guilty earlier this year to bribing the Islamic State groupThe guilty plea and a nearly $800-million fine were part of the U.S. government's first-ever prosecution of a corporation for providing material support for terrorism.

In this Oct. 19, 2022, file photo, the concrete plant of the French building materials company, Lafarge is seen in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France."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," the lawsuit said.

Navy Senior Petty Officer Scott Cooper Dayton of Virginia was killed by an ISIS-planted IED in Ayn Issa, Syria, on Nov. 24, 2016. His widow and children are among the plaintiffs. Former Marine David Berry was a 12-year combat veteran from Virginia, and was killed by an ISIS attack on the Corinthia Hotel in Libya on Jan. 27, 2015. At the time, Berry was working for a private contractor.

In this Oct. 19, 2022, file photo the logo of the concrete plant of the French building materials company, Lafarge is seen in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France."Lafarge has already pled guilty to federal crimes and admitted to paying millions of dollars to ISIS. This lawsuit is intended to hold it accountable to the military families devastated by its heinous and unlawful conduct.

 

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DrHarryLime Of course these deaths would not have happened if the US was minding its own business. But it can’t because US munitions companies need their profits.

Not the first time France has been involved with terrorists or dictators.

They should sue Obama and Biden for creating ISIS

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