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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Investor Clouseau who wrote (24962)	7/29/2004 2:26:49 PM
From: Richnorth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27666

The 9-11 Commission released its final report on July 22, 2004. In that report, the Commission confirms that it has found no evidence that the government of Saudi Arabia funded Al-Qaeda. The Commission also confirmed accounts of Saudi Arabia's attempts to capture Osama bin Laden prior to 9-11 and efforts to foil Al-Qaeda terror attacks inside the Kingdom as early as 1998. Later, the 9-11 Commission's Chairman, Mr. Thomas H. Kean, told reporters: "We have got to work with the Saudi government, [who] shares a very common interest with us now, because the terrorists would be very, very -- just as happy, I think, to destroy the government in Saudi Arabia right now as they would our own government. And they have a very common interest in working with us against the terrorists at this point, who have attacked them as much as well as attacked us." The following are excerpts from the 9-11 Commission's report: * "...we have found no evidence that the Saudi government as an institution or senior Saudi officials individually funded the organization." * "The CIA learned in the spring of 1998 that the Saudi government had quietly disrupted Bin Ladin cells in its country that were planning to attack U.S. forces with shoulder-fired missiles. They had arrested scores of individuals, with no publicity." * "Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah, who had taken charge from the ailing King Fahd, promised Tenet an all-out secret effort to persuade the Taliban to expel Bin Ladin so that he could be sent to the United States or to another country for trial." You can get more info from aboutsaudiarabia.net (subscription is free!)