纽约——9·11恐怖袭击事件的受害者家属周三聚集在纽约市的一个联邦上诉法庭上，三名法官正在审理这些诉讼是否可以继续进行的问题。
NEW YORK — Family members of victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks packed a federal appeals courtroom in New York City on Wednesday as three judges heard arguments over whether legal claims against Saudi Arabia can proceed.
尽管这场诉讼已经持续了近四分之一个世纪，但法官们通过提问指出，其中仍有许多法律问题需要解决。
The judges revealed through their questions that there are still many legal issues to be decided in the lawsuit even though it has dragged on for almost a quarter-century.
法官们没有说明何时会就这些诉讼是否可以进入审判阶段作出裁决；这些诉讼指控沙特阿拉伯至少向19名劫机者中的两人提供了帮助，而这些劫机者随后将飞机撞向了世界贸易中心、五角大楼以及宾夕法尼亚州的一片田野。
They didn't say when they might rule on whether claims can proceed to trial alleging that Saudi Arabia provided aid to at least two of the 19 men who hijacked planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field that day.
不过，特里·斯特拉达（Terry Strada）表示，她感到鼓舞人心——因为共有100多名9·11受害者的家属出席了庭审，而且法官们的提问也非常有深度。
Still, Terry Strada, whose husband Tom Strada was killed in the attacks, said she was encouraged that more than 100 family members of 9/11 victims turned out and by the judges' questions.“It really was a good day for us,” she said afterward.
“对我们来说，这确实是一个好日子，”她事后说道，“法官们提出了非常有意义的问题，并不断追问沙特方面的律师，没有让他们逃避责任。”
“The judges asked really meaningful questions and hammered the Saudi attorneys and didn’t let up. They weren’t buying what the Saudis were selling.”
在这些诉讼中，数百名受害者家属及受伤幸存者、保险公司和企业都声称，沙特政府的官员直接且明知故犯地协助了劫机者及其他阴谋分子，并通过资助支持他们的慈善机构，推动了基地组织（al-Qaida）的发展。
In lawsuits, hundreds of victims’ relatives and injured survivors, along with insurance companies and businesses, claim that employees of the Saudi government directly and knowingly assisted the hijackers and other plotters and fueled al-Qaida’s development into a terrorist organization by funding charities that supported them.
一些被告（包括伊朗、塔利班和基地组织）已经被判定为败诉方。
Some defendants, including Iran, the Taliban and al-Qaida, already have been found in default.
周三，双方的律师都多次接受了上诉法官的质询；法官们似乎还不确定该如何回应沙特阿拉伯提出的“基于主权豁免权应驳回这些诉讼”的主张。
On Wednesday, lawyers from both sides were questioned repeatedly by the appeals judges who seemed unsure exactly how they would respond to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's claims that it should be dismissed as a defendant on sovereign immunity grounds.
沙特阿拉伯的律师则表示，他们的国家与美国……在20世纪90年代，两国曾共同致力于打击恐怖主义、基地组织及其创始人奥萨马·本·拉登。
Lawyers for Saudi Arabia say the nation and the U.S. were partners in the 1990s against terrorism, al-Qaida and its founder, Osama bin Laden.
尽管9·11袭击中的19名袭击者中有15人是沙特人，但沙特政府长期以来一直否认与这些袭击有任何关联。
Although 15 of the 19 attackers on 9/11 were Saudis, the Saudi government has long denied any involvement in the attacks.
受害者亲属的律师声称，沙特阿拉伯的一些极端主义宗教领袖曾协助劫机者实施袭击。
Lawyers for victims' relatives claim that a group of extremist religious leaders in Saudi Arabia aided the hijackers.
沙特阿拉伯提出这一申诉的依据是美国地方法官乔治·B·丹尼尔斯于2025年8月作出的裁决——该裁决允许此案在联邦法院继续审理，不过法官并未对相关指控的真实性作出最终判断。
The appeal by Saudi Arabia stemmed from an August 2025 ruling by U.S. District Judge George B. Daniels, who decided that the case could proceed in federal court, though he did not rule on the merits of the claims.
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