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[FONT="]WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid the clamor a year ago to release 28 still-secret pages of a congressional inquiry into the Sept. 11 attacks, the government quietly declassified a little-known report listing more than three dozen people who piqued the interest of investigators probing possible Saudi connections to the hijackers.[/FONT]
[FONT="]The document, known as "File 17," offers clues to what might be in the missing pages of the bipartisan report about 9/11.[/FONT]
[FONT="]"Much of the information upon which File 17 was written was based on what's in the 28 pages," said former Democratic Sen. Bob Graham of Florida, co-chairman of the congressional inquiry. He believes the hijackers had an extensive Saudi support system while they were in the United States.[/FONT]
[h=1]File 17 is glimpse into still-secret 28 pages about 9/11[/h]
Can we admit that Saudi Arabia is one of the ME countries that sponsor terrorism, or do we still need their oil badly enough to look the other way?
You might be surprised by how little oil the US gets from Saudi Arabia.
It gets about 11% from Saudi Arabia, if my source is correct. But the US gets about 31% of it's oil from OPEC countries.
The 9/11 Commission's final report stated that it found "no evidence that the Saudi government as an institution or senior Saudi officials individually funded" al-Qaida. "This conclusion does not exclude the likelihood that charities with significant Saudi government sponsorship diverted funds to al-Qaida," the report said.
That sounds about right.
Now, what is it that makes Saudi Arabia an ally, a friendly nation?
[h=1]File 17 is glimpse into still-secret 28 pages about 9/11[/h]
Can we admit that Saudi Arabia is one of the ME countries that sponsor terrorism, or do we still need their oil badly enough to look the other way?
[h=1]File 17 is glimpse into still-secret 28 pages about 9/11[/h]
Can we admit that Saudi Arabia is one of the ME countries that sponsor terrorism, or do we still need their oil badly enough to look the other way?
[h=1]File 17 is glimpse into still-secret 28 pages about 9/11[/h]
Can we admit that Saudi Arabia is one of the ME countries that sponsor terrorism, or do we still need their oil badly enough to look the other way?
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Can people really not see the difference between state and private sponsorship? Do people really think this is the same as the Iranian government sponsoring terrorism?
[h=1]File 17 is glimpse into still-secret 28 pages about 9/11[/h]
Can we admit that Saudi Arabia is one of the ME countries that sponsor terrorism, or do we still need their oil badly enough to look the other way?
That sounds about right.
Now, what is it that makes Saudi Arabia an ally, a friendly nation?
but SA is our best bud.
The state?
No.
Some within the state?
Most certainly.
If a Saudi prince supports a charity that supports Al Qaida, is that state sponsorship?
As Grand Mal pointed out, the monarchy is the state. L'etat c'est moi.
A gazillion Princes jotting about that are not in charge.
No.
Individual members do not the state make unless it is the king himself.
[h=1]File 17 is glimpse into still-secret 28 pages about 9/11[/h]
Can we admit that Saudi Arabia is one of the ME countries that sponsor terrorism, or do we still need their oil badly enough to look the other way?
So he's not actually saying he personally supports terrorism, he's just saying that it's none of his business if someone he gives money to does.
That's not at all what he's saying. He's saying that the government, and people/nation, is not responsible for the evil acts of private individuals. Just as we do not prosecute local, state or federal governments for the acts of gang members.
Wrong analogy. You would prosecute government officials who donated money to support gang activity.
A misrepresentation, again. The money was not donated to support gang activity, it was donated to support charitable activity. Some individuals within the charity commit illegal acts of evil in diverting funds. For this we do not prosecute the donor.
Why do you work so hard to twist and misrepresent the words of others?
I've quoted directly.
And I'm not talking about prosecution, you are.
I'm saying Saudi officials support charities that support terrorism.
If you say this isn't state sponsorship, that's fine with me. Strikes me as quibbling, but whatever.
And I think it's probably naive to think that the King was unaware of the activities of those organizations, but that's just my opinion and I can't support it.
The problem is not the nationalities.
It's the religion.
Can we admit THAT?
Not so far.
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