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Damages claim filed

LONDON: A U.K.-based pilot falsely accused by the U.S. of being the "chief instructor" of the September 11 suicide hijackers began a multimillion-dollar damages claim against the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI. Lotfi Raissi (29) is claiming $10 millions in damages from each of the two institutions. His British Solicitor on Monday said the British police and the Crown Prosecution Service could be the next target of a costly litigation. Algeria-born Mr. Raissi spent five months on remand in a maximum security prison in southeast London. He was arrested under terrorism laws at his home in Colnbrook, near Heathrow, a few days after September 11, 2001 attacks in the US. At America's request, he was the subject of an extradition hearing in April 2002 but it was thrown out of court, with the judge ruling that he had received no evidence to support the allegations of terrorism.

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