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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe US just announced it was pulling out THAAD and Patriot missiles out of Saudi
Did this have anything to do with the recently declassified 9/11 docs?
gab13by13
(21,234 posts)but I agree with where you are going. Michael Moore's movie, Fahrenheit 9/11 was spot on.
Champp
(2,114 posts)Note that the Republicans have been on their knees forever smooching oily Saudi butt, and lining their grifty Republican pockets.
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FBI releases newly declassified record on Sept. 11 attacks
Source: AP
By ERIC TUCKER
WASHINGTON (AP) The FBI late Saturday released a newly declassified document related to logistical support given to two of the Saudi hijackers in the run-up to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The document details contacts the hijackers had with Saudi associates in the U.S. but does not provide proof that senior Saudi government officials were complicit in the plot.
Released on the 20th anniversary of the attacks, the document is the first investigative record to be disclosed since President Joe Biden ordered a declassification review of materials that for years have remained out of public view. The 16-page document is a summary of an FBI interview done in 2015 with a man who had frequent contact with Saudi nationals in the U.S. who supported the first hijackers to arrive in the country before the attacks...
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-jamal-khashoggi-terrorist-attacks-86eec32f1b5b2ad7c9ba6bfbb98a4adb
Champp
(2,114 posts)From the AP report:
"...That includes, he added, Saudi officials exchanging phone calls among themselves and al-Qaida operatives and then having accidental meetings with the hijackers while providing them with assistance to get settled and find flight schools.
Regarding Sept. 11, there has been speculation of official involvement since shortly after the attacks, when it was revealed that 15 of the 19 attackers were Saudis. Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaida at the time, was from a prominent family in the kingdom..."
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U.S. greenlights sale of 600 Patriot missiles to Saudi Arabia
BY
CLAY DILLOW
August 1, 2015 11:52 AM EDT
Raytheon's Patriot air defense missile system.
COURTESY RAYTHEON
gab13by13
(21,234 posts)he nailed it.