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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

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To: LindyBill who wrote (58450)11/23/2002 5:11:25 AM
From: Climber  Read Replies (3) of 281500
 
The Saudi's will need all the PR they can get after this:

msnbc.com

Newsweek is reporting a link between Prince Bandar's wife and some rather unsavory characters.

"9-11 Hijackers: A Saudi Money Trail?

"Nov. 22 —  The FBI is investigating whether the Saudi Arabian government—using the bank account of the wife of a senior Saudi diplomat—sent tens of thousands of dollars to two Saudi students in the United States who provided assistance to two of the September 11 hijackers, according to law-enforcement sources."

.... Sources familiar with the evidence say the payments—amounting to about $3,500 a month—came from an account at Washington’s Riggs Bank in the name of Princess Haifa Al-Faisal, the wife of Saudi Ambassador to the United States, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, and the daughter of the late Saudi King Faisal.

"....sources describe the financial records as “explosive” and say the information has spurred an intense, behind-the-scenes battle between congressional leaders and the Bush administration over whether evidence highly embarrassing to the Saudi government should be publicly disclosed—especially at a time that the White House is aggressively seeking Saudi support for a possible war against Iraq."

And the NYT has this:

nytimes.com

"9/11 Report Says Saudi Arabia Links Went Unexamined"

"The F.B.I. is still investigating how much financial support, if any, was provided by Mr. Bayoumi and Mr. Bassnan to the two men who later turned out to be hijackers. The bureau is also looking into whether senior Saudi officials in the United States may have played some role in distributing funds to Mr. Bayoumi and Mr. Bassnan. "

I have a feeling this might turn interesting.

Climber@inshallah.com
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