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NewsMax.com WiresThursday, Sept. 11, 2003WASHINGTON – Alleged terrorist mastermind Khaled Sheikh Mohammed has told investigators that al-Qaeda chose to use so many Saudis in their attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, in part because it was easier for them to get visas than for terrorists from other Arab countries, a Saudi official and a diplomat with direct knowledge of the interrogations have told United Press International. Al-Qaeda leaders "felt that the nationality that would not ring a bell when it came to security screening at that time would be Saudis," the Saudi official told reporters in Washington this week, on...