If you or someone you love have suffered an EFP or IED attack while serving in the U.S. military, you may be able to join an anti-terrorism lawsuit investigation.

IED Attack Investigation

IED and EFP devices—two kinds of dangerous explosive devices—have been used with devastating effects against the U.S. military in both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Since then, the U.S. Department of Defense reports that many of these devices were provided to enemy forces by the government of Iran.

Of course, the U.S. was aware that the supply of weapons might be a possibility, and so placed sanctions on Iran to limit its ability to fund terrorist actions. But Iran found a way around these sanctions, the DOD claims, bringing IEDs and EFPs into the picture to be used on U.S. forces.

Iran’s circumvention of these sanctions was done by working with foreign banks to fund the weapons. Since the DOD’s discovery, nine of these foreign banks have confessed to helping Iran avoid these sanctions and providing weapons to terrorists for use against the U.S military. IEDs and EFPs have injured and killed thousands of American servicemembers during the years of war in Iran and Afghanistan.

The provision of this money for terrorist weapons violated both U.S. and international laws and is considered a criminal conspiracy. Several banks have already pled guilty to involvement in bank-funded terrorism, reaching substantial settlements with the United States. These banks include the HSBC of UK, BNP Paribas of France, and the Commerzbank of Germany.

Members of the U.S. military that have been injured by IEDs and EFPs during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan may be able to file a lawsuit over bank-funded terrorism.

IED and EFP Basics

Iran reportedly provided a variety of weapons in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, including IEDs and EFPs after receiving funding from a number of international banks, circumventing U.S. sanctions.

An IED is an Improvised Explosive Device. IEDs are commonly used as roadside bombs and made up the majority of coalition deaths in the Iraq war—around 63 percent.

EFPs are Explosively Formed Penetrators, which were less common but more dangerous during these wars. They are capable of piercing through armor and traveling distances of more than a hundred yards. Thousands of U.S. military members have lost their lives or been seriously injured because of EFP and IED devices.

Filing an IED Attack Lawsuit

Under the U.S. Anti-Terrorism Act, veterans and service members injured, disabled, or killed in the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan, or even their family members, may be able to file an anti-terrorism lawsuit against the banks that offered funding for these IED attack weapons. In fact, Iranian-sponsored terrorism is considered the leading cause of American injuries in the Iraq war.

If you or a loved one are an Iraq or Afghanistan war veteran injured or killed by an EFP or IED attack, you may be able to file a lawsuit under the U.S. Anti-Terrorism Act.

While filing an anti-terrorism lawsuit cannot ever make up for the pain and suffering caused by these kinds of injuries from an IED attack, or bring a loved back to life, it can help to at least alleviate the financial burden caused by medical expenses, lost wages, and other financial injuries.

Time for filing these claims is limited, so potential claimants should get in touch with an attorney as soon as possible.

If you or a loved one was injured or killed by an IED or EFP while fighting in the Iraq or Afghanistan wars, legal recourse is available. Get help now by filling out the form on this page for a FREE case evaluation.

The attorneys who work with Top Class Actions will contact you if you qualify to let you know if an individual lawsuit or anti-terrorist class action lawsuit is best for you. (In general, anti-terrorist lawsuits are filed individually by each plaintiff and are not class actions.) After you fill out the form, the attorneys who work with Top Class Actions will contact you if you qualify to let you know if an individual lawsuit or class action lawsuit is best for you. Hurry — statutes of limitations may apply.

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