The Saudis are masters of the big Big Lie, cleverly designed to obfuscate the truth.
In an interview with a Kuwaiti newspaper, Saudi Minister of Interior Prince Nayef Ibn Abd al-Aziz said Israeli intelligence had carried out the September 11 attacks and that the Zionist-controlled media in America had turned the people there against Saudi Arabia. (An English translation of the interview appeared in a magazine sponsored by the royal family.)
In addition, Saudi leaders and writers like to insist that the growing criticism of them by US leaders and public opinion is a result of Zionist propaganda, and that the only real issue between their country and the United States is the Palestinian question.
Hence, the Saudi royals and their advisers have decided on a whistle-stop tour, the kind of tour which Harry Truman did before his 1948 successful election. Harry Truman's message was "Elect me". The message of the Saudis is "Trust us, we are your friends and allies."
This tour is being led by Prince Bandar, the Ambassador to the US, and Prince Saud, the Foreign Minister, and their advisors. The Saudis are jetting across the US for face-to-face meetings with Americans in an effort to dispel criticisms that they have been soft on terrorism.
In answer to the question as to how 15 of the 19 hijackers hailed from Saudi Arabia, the Saudis complained: "It is inherently unfair to allow a group of deviant criminals to taint a whole nation of 16 million."
Yes, there certainly are criminals in America, as well. But does the American government finance criminals to travel to Saudi Arabia? Does it finance the training of American criminals in flight schools so that they should be able to crash planes into high buildings in Riyadh, the Saudi Capital, and kill 3,000 Saudis?
There is credible evidence that Saudi US Ambassador Bandar's wife, Princess Haifa, gave thousands of dollars, through an intermediary, to two hijackers, who helped crash a plane into the Pentagon in Washington DC, killing 190 people.
The Saudi explanation was that this money was a donation to help a sick family member. But Princess Haifa insists she never met the recipients of her "charitable donation". She doesn't know her own sick family member? The Saudi royal family should at least try to coordinate their fairy-tales.
The Saudi whistle-stop "Tour of Lies" may soon come to your community. I have therefore prepared the following list of pertinent questions for you to ask these Mid-East "royals." (Don't be impressed by the fact that they call themselves "princes"; there are more than 3,000 such "princes" in Saudi Arabia.)
Proposed Questions for Prince Bandar and Prince Saud:
Question: Isn't it true that it is a crime to own a Bible in Saudi Arabia, and that people have been jailed for it?
Question: Isn't it true that no one is allowed to celebrate Christmas or Easter in Saudi Arabia?
Question: Isn't it true that no church of any denomination can be built in Saudi Arabia, never mind a synagogue?
Question: Isn't it true that the worship of any other deity but the Muslim God of Allah is a jailable crime in Saudi Arabia?
Question: Isn't it true that the Saudi Government is complicit in kidnapping and holding children who are American citizens, and whose mothers have divorced the Saudi fathers?
Question: Isn't it true that wealthy Saudis, and members of the Saudi royal family, fund charities that are used as fronts to support terrorists? Isn't it true that the American public relations firm that the Saudi government hired, Qorvis Communications, quit because of evidence of ties between prominent Saudis and the financing of the terrorism network al-Qaeda?
Question: Isn't it true that the Saudi government gives $25,000 to the families of every successful suicide bomber who manages to kill Israelis?
Question: Isn't it true that fifteen of the nineteen September 11 hijackers hail from Saudi Arabia? Isn't it true that Saudi Arabia's Interior Minister, Prince Nayef, has admitted that there are more than 100 Saudis among the suspected al-Qaeda and Taliban prisoners, the bulk of such prisoners held by the United States at Guantanamo?
Question: Isn't it true that Princess Haifa al-Faisal, wife of the Saudi Ambassador to the US, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, gave many thousands of dollars through an intermediary to two of the September 11 hijackers, Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar? Isn't it true that Princess Haifa's generous "donation to charity" helped pay for the rental of their apartment and the flying lessons of these two hijackers, who subsequently participated in the hijacking of American Airlines Flight 77, the flight which crashed into the Pentagon, killing 190 people?
Question: Isn't it true that Saudi Arabia was able to spirit out of the United States 140 members of the Bin Laden family and relatives of the House of Saud, immediately following the September 11 attacks? Isn't it true that Prince Bandar, the Saudi Ambassador to the United States, used his influence with the Bush family to get permission for the private jet to take off -- when almost all aviation was prohibited?
Question: Isn't it true that two Bin Laden male relatives on the private Saudi flight that took off immediately after September 11 were under investigation by the US for connection with the World Association of Muslim Youth, a suspected terrorist front group, and had been identified, but had not yet been subject to any serious interrogations? Isn't it true that the FBI spokesmen on counter-terrorism said: "I can say unequivocally that the FBI had no role in facilitating these flights one way or another"?
Question: Isn't it true that the majority of the "foreign terrorists" who have infiltrated Iraq and are killing our American troops are Saudi nationals?
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The Saudis have planned their whistle-stop tour of the United States by private jet, with the intent to pull the wool over your eyes.
They will be coming to your community to try to convince you that they are friends and allies of the United States.
They are traveling throughout America to try to convince you that the Saudi government does not collaborate in the kidnapping and holding of children of American mothers, who are divorced from their Saudi husbands.
They are traveling throughout America to try to convince you that they are tolerant of all religions.
They are traveling throughout America to try to make you believe that they are not continuing to fund al-Qaeda, the Taliban, Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other terror groups.
They are traveling throughout America to try to persuade you, against all the existing evidence, that they had no part whatsoever in 9/11.
Prince Bandar and Prince Saud, and their advisors, are certainly skillful and smooth talkers. Don't let those "princes" fool you.
Please, be not overly impressed with the fact that they are "royalty". I hope that you are not like US Secretary of State Colin Powell, who says in his autobiography that he can never get over the fact that a poor boy from the Bronx, like himself, is able to play racquetball with a real prince. Is consorting with people like Prince Bandar and Prince Saud, and their advisors, such an honor?
Fortunately, Americans are blessed with a great deal of common sense. They believe what President Abraham Lincoln used to say: "You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time."
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For further information on this important topic read:
1. The article "The Saudi Money Trail" in the December 2, 2002 Newsweek magazine, found in the archives on their website www.newsweek.com.
2. Craig Unger's investigative story in the October 2003 issue of Vanity Fair, "Why Did Bush Allow Bin Laden Relatives to Leave US After 9/11?"
In an interview with a Kuwaiti newspaper, Saudi Minister of Interior Prince Nayef Ibn Abd al-Aziz said Israeli intelligence had carried out the September 11 attacks and that the Zionist-controlled media in America had turned the people there against Saudi Arabia. (An English translation of the interview appeared in a magazine sponsored by the royal family.)
In addition, Saudi leaders and writers like to insist that the growing criticism of them by US leaders and public opinion is a result of Zionist propaganda, and that the only real issue between their country and the United States is the Palestinian question.
Hence, the Saudi royals and their advisers have decided on a whistle-stop tour, the kind of tour which Harry Truman did before his 1948 successful election. Harry Truman's message was "Elect me". The message of the Saudis is "Trust us, we are your friends and allies."
This tour is being led by Prince Bandar, the Ambassador to the US, and Prince Saud, the Foreign Minister, and their advisors. The Saudis are jetting across the US for face-to-face meetings with Americans in an effort to dispel criticisms that they have been soft on terrorism.
In answer to the question as to how 15 of the 19 hijackers hailed from Saudi Arabia, the Saudis complained: "It is inherently unfair to allow a group of deviant criminals to taint a whole nation of 16 million."
Yes, there certainly are criminals in America, as well. But does the American government finance criminals to travel to Saudi Arabia? Does it finance the training of American criminals in flight schools so that they should be able to crash planes into high buildings in Riyadh, the Saudi Capital, and kill 3,000 Saudis?
There is credible evidence that Saudi US Ambassador Bandar's wife, Princess Haifa, gave thousands of dollars, through an intermediary, to two hijackers, who helped crash a plane into the Pentagon in Washington DC, killing 190 people.
The Saudi explanation was that this money was a donation to help a sick family member. But Princess Haifa insists she never met the recipients of her "charitable donation". She doesn't know her own sick family member? The Saudi royal family should at least try to coordinate their fairy-tales.
The Saudi whistle-stop "Tour of Lies" may soon come to your community. I have therefore prepared the following list of pertinent questions for you to ask these Mid-East "royals." (Don't be impressed by the fact that they call themselves "princes"; there are more than 3,000 such "princes" in Saudi Arabia.)
Proposed Questions for Prince Bandar and Prince Saud:
Question: Isn't it true that it is a crime to own a Bible in Saudi Arabia, and that people have been jailed for it?
Question: Isn't it true that no one is allowed to celebrate Christmas or Easter in Saudi Arabia?
Question: Isn't it true that no church of any denomination can be built in Saudi Arabia, never mind a synagogue?
Question: Isn't it true that the worship of any other deity but the Muslim God of Allah is a jailable crime in Saudi Arabia?
Question: Isn't it true that the Saudi Government is complicit in kidnapping and holding children who are American citizens, and whose mothers have divorced the Saudi fathers?
Question: Isn't it true that wealthy Saudis, and members of the Saudi royal family, fund charities that are used as fronts to support terrorists? Isn't it true that the American public relations firm that the Saudi government hired, Qorvis Communications, quit because of evidence of ties between prominent Saudis and the financing of the terrorism network al-Qaeda?
Question: Isn't it true that the Saudi government gives $25,000 to the families of every successful suicide bomber who manages to kill Israelis?
Question: Isn't it true that fifteen of the nineteen September 11 hijackers hail from Saudi Arabia? Isn't it true that Saudi Arabia's Interior Minister, Prince Nayef, has admitted that there are more than 100 Saudis among the suspected al-Qaeda and Taliban prisoners, the bulk of such prisoners held by the United States at Guantanamo?
Question: Isn't it true that Princess Haifa al-Faisal, wife of the Saudi Ambassador to the US, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, gave many thousands of dollars through an intermediary to two of the September 11 hijackers, Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar? Isn't it true that Princess Haifa's generous "donation to charity" helped pay for the rental of their apartment and the flying lessons of these two hijackers, who subsequently participated in the hijacking of American Airlines Flight 77, the flight which crashed into the Pentagon, killing 190 people?
Question: Isn't it true that Saudi Arabia was able to spirit out of the United States 140 members of the Bin Laden family and relatives of the House of Saud, immediately following the September 11 attacks? Isn't it true that Prince Bandar, the Saudi Ambassador to the United States, used his influence with the Bush family to get permission for the private jet to take off -- when almost all aviation was prohibited?
Question: Isn't it true that two Bin Laden male relatives on the private Saudi flight that took off immediately after September 11 were under investigation by the US for connection with the World Association of Muslim Youth, a suspected terrorist front group, and had been identified, but had not yet been subject to any serious interrogations? Isn't it true that the FBI spokesmen on counter-terrorism said: "I can say unequivocally that the FBI had no role in facilitating these flights one way or another"?
Question: Isn't it true that the majority of the "foreign terrorists" who have infiltrated Iraq and are killing our American troops are Saudi nationals?
* * *
The Saudis have planned their whistle-stop tour of the United States by private jet, with the intent to pull the wool over your eyes.
They will be coming to your community to try to convince you that they are friends and allies of the United States.
They are traveling throughout America to try to convince you that the Saudi government does not collaborate in the kidnapping and holding of children of American mothers, who are divorced from their Saudi husbands.
They are traveling throughout America to try to convince you that they are tolerant of all religions.
They are traveling throughout America to try to make you believe that they are not continuing to fund al-Qaeda, the Taliban, Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other terror groups.
They are traveling throughout America to try to persuade you, against all the existing evidence, that they had no part whatsoever in 9/11.
Prince Bandar and Prince Saud, and their advisors, are certainly skillful and smooth talkers. Don't let those "princes" fool you.
Please, be not overly impressed with the fact that they are "royalty". I hope that you are not like US Secretary of State Colin Powell, who says in his autobiography that he can never get over the fact that a poor boy from the Bronx, like himself, is able to play racquetball with a real prince. Is consorting with people like Prince Bandar and Prince Saud, and their advisors, such an honor?
Fortunately, Americans are blessed with a great deal of common sense. They believe what President Abraham Lincoln used to say: "You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time."
------
For further information on this important topic read:
1. The article "The Saudi Money Trail" in the December 2, 2002 Newsweek magazine, found in the archives on their website www.newsweek.com.
2. Craig Unger's investigative story in the October 2003 issue of Vanity Fair, "Why Did Bush Allow Bin Laden Relatives to Leave US After 9/11?"