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Why the Saudi connection?

Many Saudis supported bin Laden and his Saudi-dominated cabal of young male Muslims..

[Saudi Arabia:] Not Friend or Foe by Daniel Pipes. New York Post May 14, 2002

". . . Saudis have shown themselves wildly sympathetic to [Osama] bin Laden. One American hospital worker in Saudi Arabia reported "Saudi doctors and nurses around him celebrating on 9/11." A confidential survey found some 95 percent of young educated Saudis sympathetic to his declaration of war against the United States."

Wahhabi network recruits young Chechens

A Wahhabi (Saudi Arabia) connection to Chechnya

"There is a sprawling, powerful network of Wahhabi militants operating across Chechnya, which has hardly been affected by Russia's anti-extremism effort." Bakhaev said the clandestine Wahhabi network recruits young Chechens into Jamaats - militant Islamic squads - supplies them with weapons and pays for undercover operations against Russian troops and Chechen officials."

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Nice work! Great sources! Thanks!