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Hillary Tainted by Bin Laden Cash?
NewsMax.com ^ | January 23, 2003 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

Posted on 01/23/2003 7:34:52 AM PST by conservativecorner

New York Sen. Hillary Clinton's household income for 2002 included $750,000 in payments from three Arab nations with ties to the 9/11 hijackers, including a $267,000 speaking fee from a group funded by the family of Osama bin Laden, NewsMax.com has learned.

In late Jan. 2002, ex-president Bill Clinton traveled to bin Laden's hometown of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to address a group of Saudi businessmen. He was paid $267,000 for a 40-minute speech, according to a Jan. 25, 2002 report in The Middle East Newsfile, a British-based news service specializing in coverage of the region's business developments.

Contemporaneous reports in London's Financial Times revealed that the audience included representatives of the BinLadin Group, which helped fund the Jeddah forum. The BinLadin Group is a leading Saudi construction company run by relatives of the 9/11 terrorist mastermind. Osama bin Laden grew up in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah.

"The conference was dominated by the Saudis' desire to overcome the pressures of September 11 and strengthen U.S.-Saudi ties," the Times said. "The BinLadin Group, one of the forum's backers, has been battered by its association with Osama."

The Times also noted that the forum's "pro-western businessmen are also some of the kingdom's biggest donors and they give generously to Muslim charities out of religious duty. The U.S. believes some of the contributions were siphoned off by some charities to finance terrorism and it wants better control over donations."

During his January 2002 visit to the region, Clinton also collected nearly a half-million dollars for speeches in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, the Middle East Newsfile said. Investigators probing the backgrounds of several of the 9/11 plotters have uncovered links to both countries.

Some members of the Jeddah forum were mystified over the payments to Mr. Clinton. "How could we invite him to get $750,000 from us and for what? This is a strange situation," Prince Talal ibn Abdul Aziz said in an interview with Al-Jazeera television station. "What use does Clinton have now?" he added.

But it's not clear whether the Saudi royal realized that Mrs. Clinton, who had just been elected to the Senate, was planning her own run for president of the United States before the decade is out.

Throughout their years in the White House, the Clintons filed joint income tax returns, which, if still the case, would mean the bin Laden-Saudi cash was co-mingled with Mrs. Clinton's other income, such as the $8 million book advance she collected to write her memoirs. The former first couple has refused to release their tax returns since leaving the White House.

A call to Sen. Clinton's office inquiring about the bin Laden-tainted payment was not immediately returned.

Another speaker at the Jeddah forum was first brother Neil Bush, but coverage of the event makes no mention of him being paid.

While the Saudi royal family had reportedly donated $1 million to former President Bush's presidential library in College Station, Texas in the early 1990's, there is no report of any Saudi payment to a Bush family member in the period since the 9/11 attacks.

In March 2002, columnist Robert Novak, citing "high-ranking" Saudi sources, reported that, in addition to the $750,000 in speaking fees he collected last January, Mr. Clinton obtained a pledge from the Saudi royal family to bankroll his own presidential library with donations estimated to range from "less than $1 million to $20 million."

Former White House advisor Dick Morris has alleged that monies collected by the Clinton Library will be used to help fund Mrs. Clinton's presidential campaign.


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To: timestax
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81 posted on 03/13/2003 6:02:58 PM PST by timestax
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To: ALOHA RONNIE
the enemy is within ping
82 posted on 03/13/2003 6:06:26 PM PST by kstewskis ("Political correctness is intellectual terrorism"...Mel Gibson)
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To: kstewskis
NEVER FORGET

3 Free Offers to bring OSAMA bin LADEN to a U.S. Jail and Trial from the Sudan during the 1990's are DENIED =

HILLARY RODHAM -&- BILL CLINTON.

The Enemy has always been Within.

NEVER FORGET
83 posted on 03/13/2003 7:31:11 PM PST by ALOHA RONNIE (Vet-Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.LZXRay.com)
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To: conservativecorner
Hillary Tainted by Bin Laden Cash?

Bin Laden Cash? Good Lawdy Miss Clawdy, I do hope he's not related to Johnny!

84 posted on 03/13/2003 7:36:45 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Someone left the cake out in the rain I dont think that I can take it coz it took so long to bake it)
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To: Revolting cat!
A Ring of Fire bump!
85 posted on 03/13/2003 9:31:21 PM PST by timestax
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To: timestax
bumping for $$$'s
86 posted on 03/14/2003 9:57:09 AM PST by timestax
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To: timestax
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87 posted on 03/15/2003 4:25:07 PM PST by timestax
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To: muggs
p i n g
88 posted on 04/15/2003 2:15:48 PM PDT by timestax
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To: conservativecorner
Hillary(!) isn't seen in NY as tainted by her marriage to Bubba. Why would a connection to Bin Laden taint her?!?
89 posted on 04/15/2003 2:18:51 PM PDT by Redcloak (All work and no FReep makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no FReep make s Jack a dul boy. Allwork an)
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To: timestax
ping
90 posted on 04/16/2003 6:00:06 PM PDT by timestax
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To: Mudboy Slim; Howlin; Liz
"What use does Clinton have now?" he added.

I've wondered the same thing for the past ten years bump...

91 posted on 04/16/2003 6:09:03 PM PDT by Libloather (And it STILL isn’t safe enough to vote DemocRAT…)
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To: Libloather
I still don't understand how they get around the Senate ban on this!
92 posted on 04/16/2003 6:14:48 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: Nightshift
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93 posted on 04/16/2003 6:33:59 PM PDT by tutstar
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To: Howlin
The Beast is a walkin', talkin' ethics violation...
94 posted on 04/16/2003 6:58:05 PM PDT by Libloather (And it STILL isn’t safe enough to vote DemocRAT…)
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To: muggs
ping
95 posted on 04/18/2003 2:27:35 PM PDT by timestax
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To: timestax
ping
96 posted on 04/18/2003 6:30:02 PM PDT by timestax (Posted by muggs)
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To: conservativecorner
When are these criminals going to be held accountable for anything?
97 posted on 04/18/2003 6:45:18 PM PDT by Conservativegreatgrandma
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When are these criminals going to be held accountable for anything? 97 posted on 04/18/2003 6:45 PM PDT by Conservativegreatgrandma [

When Hell freezes over!

98 posted on 04/18/2003 6:46:40 PM PDT by timestax (Posted by muggs)
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To: conservativecorner
Old news, nothing new here, besides it's their personal life. Please let's move on. </sarcasm>
99 posted on 04/18/2003 6:49:56 PM PDT by PISANO
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100 posted on 04/19/2003 5:32:04 AM PDT by Conservativegreatgrandma
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