Saudi Leader Mohammed Bin Salman Addresses Saudi Arabia's Role In 9/11 Attacks In Fox News Interview
Source: Deadline
Saudi Leader Mohammed Bin Salman Addresses Saudi Arabia’s Role In 9/11 Attacks In Fox News Interview
By Tom Tapp
September 20, 2023 7:20pm
Fox News Bret Baier sat down with Saudi Arabian leader Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman tonight and, to Baier’s credit, asked some pointed questions which MBS – as he is known – answered in turn with degrees of candor and deflection.
Among them were queries about the reported $2 billion the Kingdom invested with Jared Kushner shortly after Donald Trump left office, the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, the normalization of ties with Israel, LIV Golf, Russia and, maybe most important to many Americans, the Saudi government’s role in the attacks of 9/11.
“Recently in the U.S., we remembered the 22nd anniversary of the 911 attacks,” Baier began. “As you know, 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudis, and the 9/11 victims families, you know, they make their feelings clear, especially around the anniversary, that they believe there’s intelligence that somehow links the Saudi government to supporting or facilitating those hijackers. What do you say to those 9/11 families 22 years later?”
Salman replied, “Well, I’m very sorry that anyone losing every one of his family. No one want to lose his family, especially in a way like like that. Yes, there’s 15 Saudi and that being planned by Osama bin Laden, that’s well known.
He then maintained that both Saudi Arabia and the U.S. were victims of bin Laden attacks, and if Americans believe the Saudi government was behind 9/11, then “bin Laden succeeded in his plan” to sully relations between the countries.
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Read more: https://deadline.com/2023/09/9-1-1-attacks-saudi-arabia-mohammed-bin-salman-1235552002/