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Secret 28 Pages on Saudi 9/11 Ties Finally Released by Congress

<p class&equals;"MsoNormal" style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;" align&equals;"center">For the last 15 years&comma; documents detailing the investigation on the Saudi government&rsquo&semi;s involvement in 9&sol;11 have been collecting dust&period; Last Friday&comma; they were finally released to the public&comma; with much of it still redacted&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">Nonetheless the findings did uncover <em style&equals;"mso-bidi-font-style&colon; normal&semi;">some<&sol;em> evidence that the Saudi government was in fact connected in 9&sol;11&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&&num;8220&semi;Preliminary readings show that there may well have been Saudi involvement in the terror of 9&sol;11 both in the Saudi government and within the Saudi country&comma; within Saudi Arabia&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said New York Sen&period; Charles Schumer&comma; who is co-sponsoring a bill that would allow families of 9&sol;11 victims to sue foreign states and partners of terrorism&period; &&num;8220&semi;The families who I have fought for long and hard now will be able to go to court&comma; and soon&comma; and if the Saudi government was complicit in 9&sol;11 they should pay the price to the families who deserve justice&period; And they should pay the price so no other government will think of playing footsie with terrorists the way the Saudi government may well have done in 2001&period;&&num;8221&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">Unfortunately&comma; there isn&rsquo&semi;t an extensive explanation about Saudi governments involvement in the terrorist attack&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">The report notes that &&num;8220&semi;on the one hand&comma; it is possible that these kinds of connections could suggest&comma; as indicated in a &lbrack;redacted&rsqb; dated July 2&comma; 2002&comma; &&num;8216&semi;incontrovertible evidence that there is support for these terrorists with the Saudi Government&period;&&num;8217&semi; On the other hand&comma; it is also possible that further investigation of these allegations could reveal legitimate&comma; and innocent&comma; explanations for these associations&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">Although this is evidence in the report that exposes two &ldquo&semi;Saudi intelligence officers&rdquo&semi; for assisting the 9&sol;11 hijackers&comma; Congress was ultimately&&num;8221&semi;not able to corroborate any evidence that high ranking Saudi officials or the Saudi government itself was involved or had foreknowledge of the 9&sol;11 attacks&comma; but there certainly are questions raised within these 28 or 29 pages that the American people have a right to see&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said House Intelligence Committee member Adam Schiff&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">Even though the report reveals that the Saudi Government was uncooperative in investigations&comma; the government made an announcement following the release of the documents&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&&num;8220&semi;Several government agencies&comma; including the CIA and the FBI&comma; have investigated the contents of the &&num;8217&semi;28 Pages&&num;8217&semi; and have confirmed that neither the Saudi government&comma; nor senior Saudi officials&comma; nor any person acting on behalf of the Saudi government provided any support or encouragement for these attacks&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Abdullah Al-Saud&comma; Saudi Ambassador to the United States&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&&num;8220&semi;We hope the release of these pages will clear up&comma; once and for all&comma; any lingering questions or suspicions about Saudi Arabia&&num;8217&semi;s actions&comma; intentions&comma; or long-term friendship with the United States&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">Read the report for yourself <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;intelligence&period;house&period;gov&sol;sites&sol;intelligence&period;house&period;gov&sol;files&sol;documents&sol;declasspart4&period;pdf" target&equals;"&quot&semi;&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>here&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;a> &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal"><strong style&equals;"mso-bidi-font-weight&colon; normal&semi;">Author&rsquo&semi;s note&colon;<&sol;strong> There is something fishy about this report&period; There are numerous sections inked out and the investigation on Saudi government only started following 9&sol;11&period; Not to mention&comma; that the government was especially unhelpful&period; The report doesn&rsquo&semi;t clear this issue up as Al-Saud states&period; It instead makes Americas ask more questions about Saudi Arabia and what they are hiding from the US&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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