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Report: Saudi Royals May Have Financed Militants (Royal Family Financed 9/11 Terrorists) - Audio
NPR ^ | 6/24/2009 | NPR

Posted on 06/24/2009 5:04:09 PM PDT by balls

All Things Considered, June 24, 2009 · Documents obtained by The New York Times suggest members of the Saudi royal family may have provided financial support to extremists, including al-Qaida, in the run-up to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The documents are part of an ongoing legal effort by Sept. 11 families to hold Saudi Arabia and the royal family accountable for the attacks. New York Times reporter Eric Lichtblau offers his insight.

(Audio at NPR link, above)


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 911hijackers; houseofsaud; moneytrail; royals; saudiarabia
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To: Costumed Vigilante

I have that picture with a bucket of KFC on the floor.


21 posted on 06/24/2009 5:35:28 PM PDT by Cheetahcat (Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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To: Costumed Vigilante

Here’s the NYT article in the NPR story:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/world/middleeast/24saudi.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=saudi%20royal&st=cse

Note: Millitants (NPR) = Extremists (NYT) = F**king Terrorists (Americans)


22 posted on 06/24/2009 5:40:38 PM PDT by balls ("Our government isnÂ’t ours any more" - stockpirate)
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To: holdonnow; AliVeritas; Bahbah

Whoa..


23 posted on 06/24/2009 5:41:31 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: SE Mom

Depressing, isn’t it.


24 posted on 06/24/2009 5:48:32 PM PDT by Bahbah
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To: balls

NPR is your source? Seriously?
Why would the Saudis want to attack when they’ve been our allies since 1935? What was in it for them?


25 posted on 06/24/2009 5:53:59 PM PDT by Blue State Insurgent (OY IRAN)
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To: balls
Again, no surprise. mohammedans are mohammedans.

house of saud or al quaeda, they are all the same beneath their dresses.

26 posted on 06/24/2009 5:56:09 PM PDT by Dr.Zoidberg (Warning: Sarcasm/humor is always engaged. Failure to recognize this may lead to misunderstandings.)
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To: Bahbah
It gets worse! Look at this news before "our" government's secret evidence was leaked to the lawyers.

Justice Dept. Backs Saudi Royal Family on 9/11 Lawsuit The New York Times ^ | 29 May 2009 | ERIC LICHTBLAU

Posted on Saturday, May 30, 2009 2:14:06 PM by BGHater

The Obama administration is supporting efforts by the Saudi royal family to defeat a long-running lawsuit seeking to hold it liable for the Sept.11, 2001, attacks.

The Justice Department, in a brief filed Friday before the Supreme Court, said it did not believe the Saudis could be sued in American court over accusations brought by families of the Sept. 11 victims that the royal family had helped finance Al Qaeda.The department said it saw no need for the court to review lower court rulings that found in the Saudis’ favor in throwing out the lawsuit.

The government’s position comes less than a week before President Obama is scheduled to meet in Saudi Arabia with King Abdullah as part of a trip to the Middle East and Europe intended to reach out to the Muslim world.

Source: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261295/posts

27 posted on 06/24/2009 5:56:25 PM PDT by balls ("Our government isnÂ’t ours any more" - stockpirate)
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To: balls

Drill here. Nuke there.


28 posted on 06/24/2009 5:56:49 PM PDT by Free in Texas (When they come for your guns, give 'em your bullets first.)
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To: Dr.Zoidberg
The surprise should be in just how much our government is in bed with the Saudis, both the current and previous administrations.
29 posted on 06/24/2009 6:00:20 PM PDT by balls ("Our government isnÂ’t ours any more" - stockpirate)
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To: balls

Where is the private army hunting Saudi ass?


30 posted on 06/24/2009 6:01:14 PM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (F'ah K'Obama! That's Kenyan for 'Obama's a communist! OPRAH SAY SO, NOW GIMME MY CHICKEN!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: cajungirl
Interesting,,Saudis have enjoyed good relationships with Bush, now Obama. It just blows my mind.

The Saudis have a reputation for being generous to their friends. Let's just leave it at that.

In an era where it costs hundreds of millions of dollars to buy a squadron of F-16s, some have realized that buying people is cheaper than buying hardware.

31 posted on 06/24/2009 6:02:03 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money -- Thatcher)
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To: Free in Texas

Now we know the reason our presidents do not want to drill here and bet on energy sources that cannot possibly make us independent of Saudis!!!


32 posted on 06/24/2009 6:03:55 PM PDT by balls ("Our government isn't ours any more" - stockpirate)
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To: Costumed Vigilante
Isn't that sweet, they bought us a president...

More than one...


33 posted on 06/24/2009 6:04:26 PM PDT by TADSLOS
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To: balls

So where does this leave our bowing and ring kissing POS TOTUS?


34 posted on 06/24/2009 6:12:38 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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To: balls
Was this really reported on National Public Radio today?

Oh my gosh, didn't uhbama just tell the fake Saudi self proclaimed royal family (and all of its various off shoots) that HE, the GREAT AMERICA NARCISSIST and President of the LIBERALS only (after all, he said HE WON! so STFU every 49% of you who did not vote for this charletan) has ordered his attorney general to NOT ALLOW the families left over from the DEAD from nine eleven to SUE the SAUDI FAKE ROYALS????

Sorry if this does not make sense, I am just listening to Mark Levin here in Indy (plays at nine pm here) play the voice of an Iranian woman crying out for American help...talks of the massacre that is going on over there today. I HATE UHBAMA and ALL LIBERALS WHO THINK AND ACT LIKE HE DOES....I HATE THEM!

35 posted on 06/24/2009 6:17:09 PM PDT by Republic (Jedem das Seinesc)
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To: Republic

This cuts across party political lines at the highest levels of our government, regardless of whose in the White House. It would be interesting to hear what DUers have to say about this. I suspect they are so cynical that they would just shrug.


36 posted on 06/24/2009 6:26:04 PM PDT by balls ("Our government isn't ours any more" - stockpirate)
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To: PapaBear3625

Your statement is not correct. The Golden Chain was a Bin Laden creation at approximately the same time that the Al Qaeda was formed at Khost, Afghanistan, in August 1988. It was to be used to finance his operation and its collectors were himself, Wael Julaidan, and Battargee, and his brother in law Jamaal Khalifa served as bagman. The men to be touched were known to him and to his family.


37 posted on 06/24/2009 6:35:31 PM PDT by Melchior
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To: stockpirate

and neither is our network TV !!!


38 posted on 06/24/2009 6:42:25 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad
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To: balls

I don’t doubt it, but then again the nyt is completely untrustworthy.


39 posted on 06/24/2009 6:44:54 PM PDT by Eagles6 ( Typical White Guy: Christian, Constitutionalist, Heterosexual, Redneck. (Let them eat arugula!))
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To: Jeff Chandler

by who?


40 posted on 06/24/2009 7:03:44 PM PDT by spyone (ridiculum)
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