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Alleged Saudi role in September 11 attacks
The alleged Saudi role in the September 11 attacks gained new attention after two former U.S. senators, co-chairmen of the Congressional Inquiry into the attacks, told CBS in April 2016 that the redacted pages of the Congressional Inquiry′s report refer to evidence of Saudi Arabia's substantial involvement in the execution of the attacks,[1][2][3] and calls renewed to have the redacted pages released. Fifteen of the 19 hijackers were Saudi citizens.[4]
Origins of the 19 hijackers of 9/11 attacks
Nationality Number
Saudi Arabia
15
United Arab Emirates
2
Egypt
1
Lebanon
1
The panel's findings 'did not discover' any role by 'senior, high-level' Saudi government officials, said officials familiar with the report,[5] but the "commission’s narrow wording", according to critics, suggests the possibility that "less senior officials or parts of the Saudi government could have played a role".[6] Florida Democratic Senator Bob Graham, who chaired the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence at the time the report said in his sworn statements that "there was evidence of support from the Saudi government for the terrorists."[7]
In 2017 a New York lawyer, Jim Kreindler, said that he had found "a link between Saudi officials and the hijackers."[8][9]
The alleged Saudi role in the September 11 attacks gained new attention after two former U.S. senators, co-chairmen of the Congressional Inquiry into the attacks, told CBS in April 2016 that the redacted pages of the Congressional Inquiry′s report refer to evidence of Saudi Arabia's substantial involvement in the execution of the attacks,[1][2][3] and calls renewed to have the redacted pages released. Fifteen of the 19 hijackers were Saudi citizens.[4]
Origins of the 19 hijackers of 9/11 attacks
Nationality Number
Saudi Arabia
15
United Arab Emirates
2
Egypt
1
Lebanon
1
The panel's findings 'did not discover' any role by 'senior, high-level' Saudi government officials, said officials familiar with the report,[5] but the "commission’s narrow wording", according to critics, suggests the possibility that "less senior officials or parts of the Saudi government could have played a role".[6] Florida Democratic Senator Bob Graham, who chaired the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence at the time the report said in his sworn statements that "there was evidence of support from the Saudi government for the terrorists."[7]
In 2017 a New York lawyer, Jim Kreindler, said that he had found "a link between Saudi officials and the hijackers."[8][9]
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