The biggest crime in American history and planes are grounded

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Yet the House of Saud gets safe passage home. (New info about who was involved in getting the Saudis out of the US)

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/story.jsp?story=542117

18 July 2004

The ties between the Bush family and the Saudi royals are revealed in a hard-hitting new book by Craig Unger, a key source for Michael Moore's film 'Fahrenheit 9/11'. Here we print an exclusive extract

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Bandar desperately hoped that early reports of the Saudi role had been exaggerated - after all, al-Qa'ida terrorist operatives were known to use false passports. But at 10pm on the evening of 12 September, about 36 hours after the attack, a high-ranking CIA official - according to Newsweek magazine, it was probably CIA director George Tenet - phoned Bandar at his home and gave him the bad news: 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudis. Afterward, Bandar said: "I felt as if the Twin Towers had just fallen on my head." Public relations had never been more crucial for the Saudis. Bandar swiftly retained PR giant Burson-Marsteller to place newspaper ads all over the country condemning the attacks and dissociating Saudi Arabia from them.

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Shortly after the attack, one of the Bin Ladens, an unnamed brother of Osama's, frantically called the Saudi embassy in Washington seeking protection. He was given a room at the Watergate Hotel and told not to open the door. King Fahd, the ageing and infirm Saudi monarch, sent a message to his emissaries in Washington. "Take measures to protect the innocents," he said. Meanwhile, a Saudi prince sent a directive to the Tampa Police Department in Florida that young Saudis who were close to the royal family and went to school in the area were in potential danger.

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1. Want to know what I did on 9-11 when I finally thought I should eat?

I purposely went to a Middle Eastern restaurant to pick up a fallafel sandwich, then I went to a Middle Eastern owned store for a drink and some peanuts. When I told some people what I did, they did the same and I heard back that their friends friends did the same. I remember wondering whether my wanting the owners to know that it was business as usual and they shouldn't be fearful of retaliation by people like myself meant anything or not.

Funny about the our leaders and the Saudis on that day....they and our leaders conduct a daily campaign to instill fear in us and yet they were the ones who were fearful for the Bin Ladens that day and the day after. Did your mind think vengefully? Would you have thought about taking action against family members?

The only ones affected were the Middle Eeasterners who were yanked out of their home by Ashcroft and staff to be 'detained'.