Following on from King Abdullah’s claim that the British were warned about 7/7, Prince Bandar—formerly the Saudi ambassador to the US who is extremely close to the Bush family—has said that if the Americans had cooperated with the Saudi properly, 9/11 wouldn’t have happened.
Here’s how ABC’s The Blotter reports the Prince’s remarks:
These comments from the Saudis are bizarre as they must know how unhelpful they are. They also draw attention to Saudi Arabia’s distinctly patch role on counter-terrorism and the Saudis really should not want to shine a light on their pre 9/11 activities.“Saudi security was actively following the movements of most of the terrorists with precision,” Bandar, the national security advisor to Saudi King told the Arabic satellite network, Al-Arabiya, Thursday. “If U.S. security authorities had engaged their Saudi counterparts in a serious and credible manner, in my opinion, we would have avoided what happened,” Bandar said.
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