Posted on 11/01/2007 9:32:20 PM PDT by camerakid400
(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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FIlthy pirate.
Prince Bandar bin Sultan can KMA.
This is pure BS. Prince Bandar’s wife passed checks to the 9/11 hijackers.
Man this guy does not know the kind of hatred his comment generates.
Almost right! But, only after he kisses mine ! *S*
Thanks a lot A$$hole.
So is he saying that because U.S. intelligence officials didn’t speak the right nice words to Saudi Arabia, that SA let the conspiracy come to fruition? If so, SA should be sued for damages from 9-11 and the WOT after. That should help stop the flow of funds to all those Wahhabists and their madrassas.
The Saudis are NOT our friends.
great, im sure people like alex jones and art bell are salivating right now.
Its almost like he softly admitted that the Saudi Govt knew about the attacks beforehand, and didnt tell the US.
Why don’t the 9/11 truthers boycott Saudi Arabia???
This is the only thing I agree on Ron Paul with. Do more isolationist/protectionist policies, and let the Arabs go play with themselves.
Why don’t the 9/11 truthers boycott Saudi Arabia???
Sounds to me like the former ambassador is arrogantly trying to rub our noses in it. As for the truthers, they're already boycotting their own common senses.
“A knowledgeable U.S. official told CNN that Bandar’s comments should be taken “with a grain of salt.””
Wondering who that “knowledgeable U.S. official” is, and also wondering the full context of the statement by Bandar. It is CNN after all.
The Saudi’s regardless are not to be trusted for anything. The idea commonly professed that the Saudi’s are our ally just isn’t so. They are their only ally.
The United States has an Eternal Friendship with Saudi Arabia.
G.W. Bush
Lies. His wife had dealings with the terrorist vermin. That’s why he ran back to sausi..
Saudi promises are the hope of fools..
I don’t believe it for a minute. For Domestic Consumption they are saying “we could have helped those Americans because we knew everything but they treated us with indifference and neglect and so they didn’t get the information they needed.”
I always enjoy hearing one of these king’s or dictator’s people speak - it reminds me that as bad as our politicians are, it could be a whole lot worse.
Bandar is typical Saudi weaselly hypocrite...his wife was complicit in the plot by passing checks to the hijackers. The Saudis are our enemies, and the sooner that the U.S. government wakes up to this fact, the better off we will be...
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