Al Qaeda’s:
Leadership
Personnel
Funding
Ideology
Was virtually all 100% Saudi on 9/11. Al Qaeda at that moment was indistinguishable from a plausibly deniable arm of the Saudi Government.
Sure, they kept arms-length. But that would be the POINT of plausible deniability.
That the blowback singed the Kingdom meant the Deniable part became critical.
The Saudis fund Wahabbism, the intellectual font of Al Qaeda.
Saudi princes certainly directly funded Al Qaeda. Does that mean the Government Proper funded Al Qaeda? No, but it makes the idea that they were ignorant of it implausible.
Al Qaeda was led by Saudis. Al Qaeda was staffed by Saudis. Where does all that personnel come from if not from the culture encouraged by the Saudi Government to this day in Mosques around the world that teach Wahabbism?
So I expect that Al Qaeda was a semi-independent operator. But the extreme closeness of the Saudi power structure to the whole existence of Al Qaeda is so strong that the regime’s stench is all over 9/11.
How long do you think the King would last if he cut off all funds to the followers of Wahabbism?
If he did it he would be toppled and a Kallifate would emerge with Wahabbism as it’s driving force.
Think Iran on steroids.
As I said before, the King disburses funds to his family. Some of those funds wind up in places the king probably wishes they wouldn’t. Unfortunately, the Islamic sect wants it there.
One of these days big changes will come to Saudi Arabia. When it does, those who have championed change there for decades are going to get a big surprise.
There were a lot of folks who thought Iran was going to be a lot better if only there was change away from that evil Shah guy.
Look what happened there.
Those Islamic people are actually tame by Wahabbi standards. They despise the U. S.
When there is no king to hold them back, look out.