Saudis Paid Bin Laden Hundreds of Millions (Drudge)

Drudge report | 8/24/02 | Drudge Report

[hadrian]

Senior members of the Saudi royal family paid at least $200m to Osama Bin Laden's terror group and the Taliban in exchange for an agreement that his forces would not attack targets in Saudi Arabia, according to court documents... MORE...

SAUDIS PAID BIN LADEN HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS

[hadrian]

Nothing else yet.

[July 4th]

Highly offensive...but not surprising.

[Righty1]

Yawn, expected.

[Faraday]

I wonder which court. Is this part of the civil suit against al Qaeda/Saud/etc.?

[pttttt]

Good, keep it coming. Maybe people will start to wake up and the US will quit coddling the Saudis.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

Gosh, does that mean the SAUD family is in trouble?BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[AF68]

There hasn't been too much doubt about whose side the Saudis are really on. Maybe they'll pay us if we promise not to nuke their sorry asses.

[Diogenesis]

What else have the terrorist-spawning and terrorist supporting,
WMD bankrolling Saudis done since their attacks against the US on 911?

ANSWER: Telethons to fund more attacks on Western democracies.

How do they get away with this?

Saudi Minister: "Constantinople."

[pointsal]

Heck. What's new here? I want to see bank names and account numbers....

[Las Vegas Dave]

Is that mini-me next to the shiek?

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Maybe people will start to wake up and the US will quit coddling the Saudis.

Coddling the Saidi's? We should be INVADING Saudi Arabia, confiscating their oil, and after prosecuting any terrorist sponsors that we grab, and after taking enough oil to repay our costs of 9-11 and the ensuing war on Saudi-inspired Wahabbi terrorism -- at least $1.5 TRILLION, we can negotiate the return of their country to a responsible government. Any neighboring countries that have a problem with this strategy get the same treatment.

[SamAdams76]

I don't know, but check out the sheik with the Papa Gino's tablecloth wrapped around his head.

[laconic]

If this is true, I have two answers from history that the Saudi extremists and their fat, lazy rich backers would do well to keep in mind: Tours (Charles the Hammer), 732 A.D.; Vienna, 1632. Enough said.

[TomGuy]

What? A Saudi connection to bin Laden??? Wow, next they might discover some connection between Saudi Arabia and most of the 911 hijackers.



The Saudi's are our friends.
Ocean front lots for sale just east of beautiful downtown Tucson. Phone BR-549.

[ValerieUSA]

Egypt also paid up... Egypt has been in an even more tenuous position. Clinton's willingness to blame Boeing for the crash of EgyptAir 990 instead of blaming Osama's terrorist network gave Osama more power to extort money from mideast governments. I wonder if he got a cut of the action himself. Maybe we should ask Marc Rich.

[Diddle E. Squat]

I wonder how much Clinton would have paid if given such an offer.

[magellan]

The enemy of America is not our many Muslim friends. It is not our many Arab friends. Our enemy is a radical network of terrorists and every government that supports them.

And we will pursue nations that provide aid or safe haven to terrorism. Every nation in every region now has a decision to make: Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists.

From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime.

The United States respects the people of Afghanistan Saudi Arabia, but we condemn the Taliban regime House of Saud.

It is not only repressing its own people, it is threatening people everywhere by sponsoring and sheltering and supplying terrorists.

By aiding and abetting murder, the Taliban regime House of Saud is committing murder. And tonight the United States of America makes the following demands on the Taliban House of Saud:

-- Deliver to United States authorities all of the leaders of Al Qaeda who hide in your land.

-- Release all foreign nationals, including American citizens you have unjustly imprisoned.

-- Protect foreign journalists, diplomats and aid workers in your country.

-- Close immediately and permanently every terrorist training camp in Afghanistan Saudi Arabia. And hand over every terrorist and every person and their support structure to appropriate authorities.

-- Give the United States full access to terrorist training camps, so we can make sure they are no longer operating.

These demands are not open to negotiation or discussion.

[Pokey78]

It's a Page 1 story in tomorrow's Sunday Times of London. People overseas have to pay £39.99 a year to read it. And I ain't paying it! hehe

[Lincoln]

IF this is verifiably true S.A. must be considered (by ALL) an accomplice to the crimes committed on 9/11.

If true and this administration does not affect a drastic policy shift toward S.A. it will speak volumes.

If this story isn't BS the next few weeks should be quite interesting.

[RightOnline]

"Coddling the Saidi's? We should be INVADING Saudi Arabia, confiscating their oil, and after prosecuting any terrorist sponsors that we grab, and after taking enough oil to repay our costs of 9-11 and the ensuing war on Saudi-inspired Wahabbi terrorism -- at least $1.5 TRILLION, we can negotiate the return of their country to a responsible government. Any neighboring countries that have a problem with this strategy get the same treatment."

Of course you know that there will be those who would call your reply above "totally nuts; WAY out in left field; ultra-right wing ravings; LUNACY!!"

I'm not one of them. I happen to agree with you 100%.

President Bush made it quite clear that any country that supports terrorism is to be considered a terrorist state and would be treated accordingly........and dealt with firmly and swiftly.

Frankly, I don't think that he had any idea at the time that he said this that he was referring to a country long considered an ally.......Saudi Arabia. Still, if his policy is to have any gravity, any credibility whatsoever, then I'd like to know exactly what choice he has now EXCEPT to do exactly what you've said here.........