The Progressive: Saudi Funding of 9/11 Attacks Still Cloaked in Secrecy

[Scuba]

http://www.progressive.org/news/2015/02/187990/saudi-funding-911-attacks-still-cloaked-secrecy

This is what we know. After the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the U.S. government launched a horrific campaign to recruit fanatical Muslims from around the world in order to form an anti-communist militia. It jointly ran the program through the CIA with the Saudi and Pakistani intelligence.

So the U.S. government is not only protecting the Saudi royal family from scrutiny, but also protecting its secret role in the campaign against the Soviet army in Afghanistan. We still don’t know the extent to which American intelligence officials in Pakistan had direct contacts with Osama Bin Laden when he was a chief organizer of the Arab volunteer effort against the Soviet Union (the gang of Jihads was technically a volunteer force, because the Saudi government picked up the tabs for those who came to Pakistan from Saudi Arabia). The Economist revealed after September 11 that American intelligence agents did have contacts with Bin Laden, at least prior to 1994.

The man who was assigned to run the entire affair was none other than Prince Turki Al-Faisal, who ran Saudi foreign intelligence apparatus from 1977 until days—literally days––prior to September 11. We still don’t know why he resigned and under what circumstances.

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It is unlikely that the Obama administration would respond to the pleas by the families of September 11 victims. There is so much at stake for his government and for his close ally, Saudi Arabia. It is certain, for example, that Princess Haifa (who is also the sister of Prince Turki and wife of Prince Bandar––such are marriage arrangements in the House of Saudi) sent regular checks to Omar Bayyumi, who had strong connections to at least two of the hijackers. She was never investigated and the matter was typically covered up by the government. Let us just imagine the U.S. government response if this was the wife of the Iranian or Syrian ambassador in the United States.

[KansDem]

1. Release the 28 redacted pages!

And let's end this charade. It's past time we know what really happened on 9/11.

[CJCRANE]

2. I don't bear any bad feelings to anyone or any country

but I want to know the truth.

Not so that we can invade another country and start another war but to stop all that. I'm tired of all the propaganda and lies and warmongering and bloviating and never getting to the root of the problem. We're on the verge of diving into two new humongous wars and we still don't know the whole story about the last ones.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

3. Conspiracy theory bullshit!! 9/11 Truther fantasies that should not be taken seriously!!!

Send this twoofer bullshit to the fucking dungeon!!!

[Fumesucker]

4. Where's Sid when you really need him?

[ChisolmTrailDem]

5. IKR?? Never around when you actually need him (them)!!! nt