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September 6, 2004 1:15 PM
Senator says Saudis shielded from 9/11 links
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Bob Graham, intelligence
committee chairman in the run-up to the Iraq war, says the Bush
administration has "taken every step" to shield Saudi Arabia from
links to the September 11 attacks.
The Florida Democrat in 2002 helped launch a joint inquiry
with the House Intelligence Committee that produced a report on
intelligence failures related to the September 11 attacks.
He told NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday that his new book,
"Intelligence Matters," makes the case on "the extent to which Saudi
Arabia was a key part of making 9/11 happen."
"Yet this administration has taken every step to obfuscate,
avoid and cover up Saudi Arabia's actions," he added.
Saudi officials have repeatedly denied ties to the September
11 hijackers, and publicised their efforts to combat al Qaeda.
President George W. Bush's presidential re-election campaign
called the former Senate Intelligence Committee chairman's allegations
baseless.
Excerpts from Graham's book, which goes on sale on Tuesday,
showed that at least two of the hijackers had support from Omar
al-Bayoumi, whom the senator called a Saudi government spy and said was a
"ghost employee" of a Saudi contracting firm, Erean. The owner of the
firm, Graham said, was thought to be a supporter of Osama bin Laden.
Democratic presidential nominee Senator John Kerry called for an immediate
investigation into
Graham's allegations.
"If the White House and the FBI did in fact block an
investigation into the ties between the Saudi government and the 9/11
hijackers, then this would be a massive abuse of power," Kerry said in a
statement. The Bush campaign dismissed the issue.
"John Kerry is flailing about making baseless attacks founded
on the assertions of a failed presidential candidate," Bush campaign
spokesman Scott Stanzel said.
Graham dropped out of the Democratic presidential race in
October 2003.
The U.S.-Saudi alliance has been strained since the
devastating September 11, 2001, hijack attacks by Saudi-born Osama bin
Laden's al Qaeda group. Most of the hijackers were Saudis.
Reuters
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06 Sep 2004 02:42:53 PM |
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Dr. Blunt a écrit:
September 6, 2004 1:15 PM
Senator says Saudis shielded from 9/11 links
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Bob Graham, intelligence
Bob Graham and intelligence should be used in the same sentence.
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| User: "AK" |
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07 Sep 2004 06:39:33 PM |
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On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 19:42:53 GMT, Jean Guernon <jguernon@globetrotter.net>
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Bob Graham, intelligence
Bob Graham and intelligence should be used in the same sentenc
It was.
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| User: "Jean Guernon" |
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07 Sep 2004 07:22:33 PM |
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AK a écrit:
On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 19:42:53 GMT, Jean Guernon <jguernon@globetrotter.net>
wrote:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Bob Graham, intelligence
Bob Graham and intelligence should be used in the same sentenc
It was.
Well it shouldn't. Typo that my browser miscorrected.
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