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Saudi Prince Blames 9/11 on U.S.
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Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan blamed al Qaeda's Sept. 11 attacks on the United States' failure to consult the kingdom's security authorities in a "serious and credible manner."
"Saudi security was actively following the movements of most of the terrorists with precision," Bandar, the national security advisor to Saudi King told the Arabic satellite network, Al-Arabiya, Thursday.
"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," Bandar said.
Former White House counterterrorism official Dick Clarke dismissed Bandar's statement as untrue.
"The Saudis were uncooperative and did not engage in significant info sharing on al Qaeda prior to 9/11 despite repeated U.S. attempts to engage them," said Clarke.
Another former intelligence official said there is no reason to believe the Saudi government was tracking the 9/11 hijackers.
Almost 3,000 people in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania died in the 9/11 attacks. Fifteen of the 19 suicide hijackers were Saudi nationals who received U.S. visas in Saudi Arabia, according to the 9/11 Commission Report.
The Saudi Embassy has not responded to ABC News' requests for comment.
November 2, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (47)
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...old, useless news...the real question now, in 2007, is are the two nations cooperating and consulting with each other NOW to agressively go after militant islamists?
Posted by: Jazz | Nov 2, 2007 4:12:49 PM
The same old JAZZ???? Hardly...the whole relationship between the bush family and the saudi royals is what we need to know much more about. I laugh that bushie let at least one plane of saudis fly out of the USA right after 911 and may have secured the secret that they may have let up to 5 or 6 planes of them leave. Saudis were in the US taking plane lessons for years and the original plan or a dry run was the July 4th holiday year 2000, folks...EH CLARKE?????
Posted by: daddy | Nov 2, 2007 5:17:38 PM
How silly. We all know that al Qaeda was really in Iraq helping Saddam to build up his stash of WMDs.
Posted by: Bobbie | Nov 2, 2007 9:55:28 PM
The Saudis blame rape on short skirts
Posted by: S. Denver | Nov 3, 2007 8:16:24 AM
Why was BUSH reading a book to children and didn't even get up out of his chair when 9/11 happened. The look on his face tells me he KNEW WHAT HAPPENED.
Posted by: artist0122 | Nov 3, 2007 2:02:50 PM
Saudi Arabia continues to keep financing and arming resistance groups in Iraq against American Soldiers and intends to keep it up. On the other hand the CIA has not found any evidence of government support by Iran of attacking or supplying weapons to any groups in Iraq. Anyone see the irony here?
Posted by: kenny | Nov 3, 2007 2:57:18 PM
Bush never wanted to prevent 9/11 but rather to use it as an "excuse" to start W W III....
Posted by: Topsey Krett | Nov 3, 2007 6:49:03 PM
Well the Prince is partly right, the US did 911, not binLadin. binLadin wanted to buy a nuke from the USA to protect Saudi Arabia from Russia, since Afghanistan defeated them. But the Bush CIA refused. So binLadin prevented the Taliban Oil pipline. Enron sunk because of it, and CIA Bush decided to wage his plan. They imploded the WTC, made an excuse for war, invaded Afghanistan, then Iraq. They used Saudi Terrorists to make the case that getting oil from Saudi Arabia is akin to helping terrorists, so they had to invade Iraq.
Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Scowcroff are the design makers of this war.
Posted by: djermano | Nov 3, 2007 8:12:48 PM
More babbling laughable conspiracy theories. Keep it up, it's amusing.
Posted by: gforehand | Nov 4, 2007 1:22:45 AM
I can't believe the stuff that comes out of people's mouth. Our politicians continue to say that the American voter is smart. Can't proof it by some of the remarks that are printed here.
Enrique
Posted by: enrique flores | Nov 4, 2007 9:03:23 AM
Hey Anna,
The hi-jackers were issued visas by the US consulate in Arabia..
Posted by: Sara Aykers | Nov 4, 2007 10:55:13 AM
Any "babbling laughable' conspiracy theory I've heard is at least as good as the official Administration conspiracy theory. We don't know what happened, but it certainly isn't what they have told us. So the official theory at least provides a piece of the universe of things we can eliminate from the realm of possibility.
Posted by: Bobblehead | Nov 4, 2007 1:17:52 PM
Prince Bandar bin Sultan know what he said is correct and so does, GW Bush. With Bush arrogance and anti-social attitude toward various countries. This man who thought he was God, thought the leaders of other coutries would come falling at his feet, since he was President of the almighty, U. S. and with his "I'm too 'great' to associate the rest of you leaders", he soon found out no one likes an arrogant leader. He found out, also that a non-cooperative, bigheaded, U. S President can be brought down. He rushed headlong into two wars and because no other country would volunteer to help him fight his Choise" wars, he created the COALITION OF THE WILLING" who have since withdrawn their troops. He paid them to enter on his behalf.
Posted by: Ann Richard | Nov 4, 2007 1:36:26 PM
The whole thing would be amusing except, the U.S. is rapidly going down the drain pipe!!!!!!!
Posted by: The Realizer | Nov 4, 2007 1:50:43 PM
O.K. The above conspiracy theory has to be the best EVER I've read. Enron? Laughing hard here. Do people really believe this stuff??
Posted by: Sandra | Nov 4, 2007 2:10:02 PM
wasn't this guy Bush's best friend? I mean they always hung out together, they called him bander bush for goodness sakes. maybe he is right in what he speaks.
Posted by: john | Nov 4, 2007 3:46:21 PM
Bush's best friend ?? Read up on his life long association with the Carter Family (as in Jimmy) the Peanut Farmer.
Posted by: pat mccormick | Nov 4, 2007 5:14:50 PM
Theories are just that theories. I do not know who was behind 9/11, what I do know what was reported as to who took charge of the planes and that a certain group admitted to the most cowardly task that has ever taken place. The cowards are still running and someday will be caught and punished.
Posted by: Ronney Lee | Nov 4, 2007 8:53:33 PM
I would much rather believe anyone from Saudi Arabia than anyone connected to the Bush administration, especially Clarke.
Posted by: kenny | Nov 4, 2007 9:50:18 PM
the US backed Bin Laden against the russians, then the US backed the Northern Alliance against Bin Laden, then 9/11 on the same day he killed the leader of the Northern Alliance. Clearly 9/11 is a revenge act against the US's support for the Northern Alliance.
Posted by: dave | Nov 4, 2007 10:53:05 PM
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