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diamondsndust Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-12-06 03:02 AM
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A 9/11 Conspirator in King Bush's Court!
I just happened across this article.. I've looked back some and haven't seen anything about it on here. If there was, sorry!


Published on Thursday, February 2, 2006 by CommonDreams.org

A 9/11 Conspirator in King Bush's Court!

Sheehan Wasn't Welcome But a Saudi Accused of Support for al Qaeda Was

by Jeremy Scahill

While Cindy Sheehan was being dragged from the House gallery moments before President Bush delivered his State of the Union address for wearing a t-shirt honoring her son and the other 2,244 US soldiers killed in Iraq, Turki al-Faisal was settling into his seat inside the gallery. Faisal, a Saudi, is a man who has met Osama bin Laden and his lieutenants on at least five occasions, describing the al Qaeda leader as "quite a pleasant man." He met multiple times with Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar. Yet, unlike Sheehan, al-Faisal was a welcomed guest of President Bush on Tuesday night. He is also a man that the families of more than 600 victims of the 9/11 attacks believe was connected to their loved ones' deaths.

Al-Faisal is actually Prince Turki al-Faisal, a leading member of the Saudi royal family and the kingdom's current ambassador to the US. But the bulk of his career was spent at the helm of the feared Saudi intelligence services from 1977 to 2001. Last year, The New York Times pointed out that "he personally managed Riyadh's relations with Osama bin Laden and Mullah Muhammad Omar of the Taliban. Anyone else who had dealings with even a fraction of the notorious characters the prince has worked with over the years would never make it past a U.S. immigration counter, let alone to the most exclusive offices in Washington." Al-Faisal was also named in the $1 trillion lawsuit filed by hundreds of 9/11 victims' families, who accused him of funding bin Laden's network. Curiously, his tenure as head of Saudi intelligence came to an abrupt and unexpected end 10 days before the 9/11 attacks.

http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0202-32.htm
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Erika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-12-06 03:29 AM
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1. The House of Bush and Saud
has existed for decades. His tenure ended ten days before 9/11. That may say a lot if we didn't have a GOP controlled government who refuses to look at the truth.
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