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Pastimes : Clown-Free Zone... sorry, no clowns allowed

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To: NOW who wrote (128207)10/8/2001 4:34:46 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu   of 436258
 
This justifies the following

The swift extraction from the U.S. of the extended bin
Laden family was testimony to the Washington influence
of Ambassador Bandar bin Sultan.

The F.B.I., informed of the flight by the F.A.A., searched
the family's luggage and briefly interviewed those without
diplomatic passports, and watched the bin Ladens depart.
The Saudis wanted their nationals out of American
clutches in a hurry, and in Washington, what Bandar
wants, Bandar gets. With seeming frankness and delicious
leaks, the pilot-prince charms diplomats, disarms
journalists (did you catch his recent media blitz?) and gets
the Kingdom's way.
....................................

Prince Bandar was no help to State or the F.B.I. in finding
the terrorists behind these two separate murders of
Americans by Saudi terrorists. But after 7,000 more
Americans died at the hands of Saudi radicals, and the
royal family wanted its and bin Laden's relatives yanked
home, Bandar said "Jump" and the U.S. replied, "How
high?"

nytimes.com
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