Saudi Arrogance on Steroids
Charles Johnson
Thu Nov 1, 2007 at 9:12 pm PDT • Views: 380
Tonight’s almost unbelievable story of Saudi arrogance comes from George W. Bush’s former pal Prince Bandar, who says the religious apartheid kingdom could have helped the US avoid the 9/11 attacks if only we would have listened to them.
Remember, this is coming from the country that has spent billions of dollars to spread their fanatical jihad ideology around the world, and that sent 15 of the 19 hijackers to America.
(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.
Speaking to the Arabic satellite network Al-Arabiya on Thursday, Bandar — now Abdullah’s national security adviser — said Saudi intelligence was “actively following” most of the September 11, 2001, plotters “with precision.”
“If U.S. security authorities had engaged their Saudi counterparts in a serious and credible manner, in my opinion, we would have avoided what happened,” he said.
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