BUSH APPEASEMENT AND SAUDI MONEY FUEL TERRORISM

US COURTS BACKED BY BUSH POLICIES PROTECT TERROR FINANCIERS

SAUDI PRINCES, BANKERS, CHARITIES THAT PAID FOR 9/11 WIN IN U.S. COURTS

By Gordon Duff

This week, the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York dismissed civil suits against the Saudi’s who financed, not only 9/11, but Al Qaeda attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and hundreds of attacks in Israel and around the world.  Under the Foreign Sovereigns Immunity Act, the Bush administration http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/07/30/world/main565782.shtml has chosen to protect terrorist backers who are responsible for killing thousands of American civilians and financing our enemies in Iraq, Afghanistan and terrorism around the world.    http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1448612320080815

Not only were 15 of the 19 9/11 hijackers Saudi’s but Saudi terrorists are openly fighting the U.S. in Iraq and Afghanistan while their government and royal family, not only does nothing, but may be paying their expenses.  25,000 Saudi citizens are known to have trained in terrorist camps for war against the U.S. http://www.asecondlookatthesaudis.com/

Literally thousands in Saudi Arabia are considered "royal" and protected by Bush policy as "heads of state" even if they are active terrorists.  Even Saudi’s who are proven to have financed 9/11 can’t even be sued for "wrongful death".  If only OJ had protection like that!  President Bush, who personally intervened in allowing Bin Laden family members to escape FBI questioning (and leave the U.S on a special flight) after 9/11 has chosen to allow Saudi "friends" who, not only paid for 9/11 but finance most terrorist acts against U.S. troops and our allies a "free hand" to wage war against America.  Terrorists, perhaps even Osama Bin Laden himself, move freely in and out of Saudi Arabia to escape justice.  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/search/journey/alfagih.html

For decades, radical extremists inside Saudi Arabia who are also members of the ruling elite have escaped prosecution for complicity in the murder of thousands.  http://articles.latimes.com/2008/apr/02/nation/na-terror2  Saudi Goverment policy has been to spend billions in oil revenue, much in profits made in deals with U.S. oil companies, to pay families of suicide bombers, pay living expenses and travel for known terrorists and finance religious extremists calling for "jihad" against America.  http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/26/iraq/main4127449.shtml Hundreds and perhaps thousands of Saudi citizens are currently among the terrorist troops Americans are fighting.  http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/01/opinion/main3122492.shtml?source=RSSattr=Opinion_3122492

"News pundits" and "journalists", many addicted to "Saudi hospitality" turn a blind eye to terrorist financing and years of pretended cooperation in the war on terror, chosing to "chase the bucks" and not the enemy…… 

Saudi influence in Washington is almost unlimited.  Billions in Saudi investment money funnels into the hands of DC powerbrokers and former government officials.  While funding our enemies around the world, Saudi’s are armed and trained by the nation they have spent billions to destroy.

Gordon Duff is a Marine Vietnam vet and Staff Writer for VeteransToday

The Nation: Saudis Fund Terrorism, But Get Military Equipment From U.S.

Iraq Violence Blamed On Saudis

By Robert Scheer

Aug. 1, 2007 —As violence in Iraq continues to increase, U.S. and Iraqi military officials say terrorists are entering the country from Saudi Arabia, a supposed ally. Allen Pizzey has the story. | 

Go figure: From the White House comes the news that self-styled anti-terrorism crusader George Bush wants to sell $20 billion in high-tech military equipment to Saudi Arabia, the source of most of the financing, and fifteen of the nineteen hijackers, for the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States.

The justification can’t be that this is yet another boondoggle for the military-industrial complex — the big winner in the war on terror — so we are told instead that the Sunni-dominated Saudi kingdom needs this weaponry to withstand a future challenge from those dastardly Shiite fellows in Iran.

Yes, the very same extremists whose surrogates are now, as a consequence of the U.S. invasion, pretending to be the indigenous government of Iraq. Recall that the Shiite militants who rule Tehran, along with the Sunni nuts around Osama bin Laden, were both the sworn enemy of Saddam Hussein. Now both of those forces are the main players, according to the Bush Administration, vying for power in "liberated" Iraq, and our president is in the inane position of playing one group of fanatics against the other in the name of securing Iraq as a democratic haven.

White House officials told The New York Times that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates intend to use the occasion of their joint visit to Saudi Arabia "to press the Saudis to do more to help Iraq’s Shiite-dominated government." Huh? Why in the world would the Sunnis, who control Saudi Arabia and are frightened to their bones of Shiites throughout the Gulf, be party to consolidating Shiite power in Iraq?

To complete the circle of madness, White House officials tell reporters that the hope of the latest arms sale program is that the Saudis will be so thrilled with their new weapons that they will stop funding the Sunni insurgents who are currently killing Americans. The absurdity of this position is that it makes the Saudis the big winners in the war on terror and yet expects them to cut out behavior that has played so effectively to the kingdom’s advantage. The nation that was most directly responsible for spawning the original al Qaeda attacks on the U.S., and which has since helped finance the violence in Iraq, is now being rewarded with a long-sought weapons modernization package. Thus, a new generation of deadly toys finds its way into the volatile Mideast.

Embarrassing facts undermining Bush’s insistence that Iraq is the key battleground in the war on terror are that al Qaeda, which was not allowed a presence in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, is now said by Bush to be behind the insurgency and that half of the foreign suicide bombers have been Saudi nationals. Why would the Saudis now move to stem the flow of terrorists across their border when Bush is rewarding them so handsomely for their past support of terrorism? After all, this administration has never demanded an accounting from the Saudis for the kingdom’s support of the Taliban government when it was coddling Saudi terrorist financer Osama bin Laden. Nor has Bush’s camp ordered any serious examination of just how fifteen Saudi "soldiers" were recruited, and provided with legitimate Saudi passports and American visas, to commit the mayhem for which the Iraqi people have been so severely punished.

While the $20 billion weapons package will no doubt be supported vigorously by lobbyists for a defense industry that stands to make a financial killing from the deal, it is expected to meet opposition in Congress, particularly from those who fear the impact of this new weaponry on the security of Israel. No problem — "senior officials" in the White House assured the Times that the Saudi arms package would be balanced with a $30.4 billion military aid package for Israel. Then, of course, some large amount of military "aid," to the tune of $13 billion, will also have to be extended to Egypt to keep the dictator in Cairo on board.

What a deal! The Saudis pony up billions in cash, American taxpayers come up with an amount more than twice as high to keep the Israelis and Egyptians happy, and U.S. war profiteers, Bush’s most reliable core constituency group, make out like bandits. Hey, it’s only money, and the only real cost might be to folks who get caught in the line of fire of those weapons in wars to come for generations. But not to worry: Most of them don’t vote in U.S. elections anyway.

Gordon Duff

Gordon Duff posted articles on VT from 2008 to 2022. He is a Marine combat veteran of the Vietnam War. A disabled veteran, he worked on veterans and POW issues for decades.

Gordon is an accredited diplomat and is generally accepted as one of the top global intelligence specialists. He manages the world’s largest private intelligence organization and regularly consults with governments challenged by security issues.

Duff has traveled extensively, is published around the world, and is a regular guest on TV and radio in more than “several” countries. He is also a trained chef, wine enthusiast, avid motorcyclist, and gunsmith specializing in historical weapons and restoration. Business experience and interests are in energy and defense technology.

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