CNN: Saudi Prince Bandar Says 911 Could Have Been Avoided

[spanone]

developing story on CNN. bandar bu$h*

they reported that the prince said that if the bu$h* administration had heeded the Saudi's warnings they could have stopped 911.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/01/saudiarabia.terrorism/

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(CNN) -- Saudi Arabia could have helped the United States prevent al Qaeda's 2001 attacks on New York and Washington if American officials had consulted Saudi authorities in a "credible" way, the kingdom's former ambassador said in a documentary aired Thursday.


Prince Bandar said that Saudi intelligence was "actively following" most of the 9/11 plotters "with precision."

The comments by Prince Bandar bin Sultan are similar to the remarks this week by Saudi King Abdullah that suggested Britain could have prevented the July 2005 train bombings in London if it had heeded warnings from Riyadh.

[Richard Steele]

1. Well, he'd be one to KNOW, wouldn't he. nm

[robinlynne]

24. yep.

[opihimoimoi]

2. Well......DUUUHHHHH

[sarcasmo]

3. Link goes right to cnn home page no link to story.

[spanone]

8. here's the correct link

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/01/saudiarabia.terrorism/

[Captain Hilts]

4. I wouldn't believe him if he told me water was wet. nt

[Sanity Claws]

5. Doesn't that show a huge break with the Bushies?

Isn't that what's significant about this story?

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. hmm I don't believe in coincidences

so the question to ask is... why now?

[global1]

10. * Is Threatening WWIII - Attack Iran - What Do You Think The Implications Of That Would Be......

on the Saudi's? They are sitting right in the midst of this and probably don't like it. So maybe they are figuring that they could stop *Co. Just a thought.

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. That and I think they are getting ready to stab little boots

if Bandar comes out and says it and has the evidence... it might make impeachment an innevitablity

The useful idiot has served its role to enhance their place in the ME

[mikelgb]

7. off to the dungeon?

just another LIHOP conspiracy theory... right?

[closeupready]

9. Oh, please.

:puke:

[Old and In the Way]

12. A falling out between crime partners?

The Sauds are as dirty as this administration is on this issue, IMHO. They may well be telling the truth now, but why did they wait 6 years? Maybe the grand bargain is unraveling?

[Swamp Rat]

13. He should know since he was involved.

[slackmaster]

14. Bandar is a coke-head, whoremonger asshole

:hi:

[Uncle Joe]

19. But does that mean he's lying? n/t

[LSK]

15. what was the price of oil on 9/11? what is it now??

9/11 worked out well for the Saudis.

[Didereaux]

16. He's right...we should hafve bombed Rhiyad years ago! n/t

[kitty1]

17. They've got audacity; Bandar's wife was funding the Cal based Hijackers

according to insider information. Bandar himself was probably helping to orchestrate things. 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudis, and they have the nerve to lecture the U.S. govt. Why were'nt they on the ball with their own people, and had those hijackers prosecuted before things ever got this far.

[spanone]

18. he's not lecturing anyone, he's revealing information

bandar is as crooked as a politician....just like bu$h*

[Trillo]

20. Kicking

to read later....

[Warren Stupidity]

21. Yeah he and the elder bush-criminal could have called it off. nt.

[lumberjack_jeff]

22. Of course they were following them. They got the cancelled checks.

The royal family was bankrolling these guys. At a minimum they needed to know where to send the money.

[pitohui]

23. well i've always believed this

also the warnings of several other countries and even warnings from folks in our own fbi and cia

but * wanted to drink jack daniels on the ranch in the summertime and what is more important?

[kitty1]

25. Bandar's gov't blocked American investigators from interviewing

the relatives of the Saudi Hijackers after 9/11.

FAHRENHEIT 9/11: “Two nights after September 11th, George Bush invited Bandar Bush over to the White House for a private dinner and a talk.”
Two days after the attacks, the President asked Bandar to come to the White House. Bush embraced him and escorted him to the Truman balcony. Bandar had a drink and the two men smoked cigars. Elsa Walsh, “The Prince,” The New Yorker, March 24, 2003.

“The report strongly criticized top Saudi officials for their ‘lack of cooperation’ before and after the Sept. 11 attacks, even when it became known that 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudis.…One top U.S. official told the joint inquiry staff that the Saudis since 1996 would not cooperate on matters relating to Osama bin Laden. Robert Baer, a former CIA officer, said the Saudis blocked FBI agents from talking to relatives of the 15 hijackers and following other leads in the kingdom.” Frank Davies, et al., “Bush rejects call to give more 9/11 data,” Philadelphia Inquirer, July 30, 2003.

[Disturbed]

26. Busholini & the Fascist Neo-con needed their Pearl Harbor.

They knew an attack was coming & did nothing to stop it.
It was their excuse to take over the ME & plunge the USA into
a Fascist Police State, which is still being perfected.

[sarcasmo]

27. Kick. Looks like the LIHOP folks have some new ammo.

[sarcasmo]

28. Kick, one more time for the weekend crowd.

[UTUSN]

29. Bandar & Shrub didn't look worried in their bluejeans at Shrub's pig farm n/t