Interesting 9/11 related news today. Paul Sperry wrote a lengthy editorial in the very conservative Murdoch-run New York Post supporting documentary filmmaker Michael Moore’s assertion
in Fahrenheit 911 that the Saudi
government helped fund the 9/11 terrorists. This position would be
controversial coming from any mainstream news source, but to be written in a
paper that has ridiculed Moore in the past and was an ardent supporter of
George Bush during his presidency is truly stunning. Apparently, this
information is contained in the 9/11 Commissions report, but the 28-page
section relating to foreign involvement was completely redacted. Not even some members
of the Commission could read it.
If the assertion proves to be true, it raises some very
disturbing questions. What motivation would the Saudi government have for
funding a major terrorist action against the United States, especially during
the presidency of George Bush, whose family has had very close relations with
members of the Saudi ruling class?
Then there’s this: Two days after the 9/11 attacks, while
American air space was still closed, the FBI helped about 140 Saudi Royals and
members of the Bin Laden family fly from the U.S. to Saudi Arabia. This has
always been a strange side bar in the 9/11 saga, but it becomes nefarious if it
is true that the Saudi government was involved in the attacks. Bin Laden was
named as a suspect in the assault very early on, and yet we…the FBI, no less…let
his closest relatives leave the country without interrogating them.
And this raises even more questions. How could the Bush administration have known about a Saudi/9/11 connection a mere two days after the attack? If they didn’t know about it, why were they flying these particular Saudi’s out of the U.S.? And if the administration did know the Saudi government was somehow connected to 9/11 that early on, why would they do the Saudi’s the favor of flying VIPs from the U.S. back to Saudi Arabia? Why would they want to help a country that assisted in the attacks on the Twin Towers?
And this raises even more questions. How could the Bush administration have known about a Saudi/9/11 connection a mere two days after the attack? If they didn’t know about it, why were they flying these particular Saudi’s out of the U.S.? And if the administration did know the Saudi government was somehow connected to 9/11 that early on, why would they do the Saudi’s the favor of flying VIPs from the U.S. back to Saudi Arabia? Why would they want to help a country that assisted in the attacks on the Twin Towers?
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