Ex-Envoy Says 9/11 Suit Against Saudis Could Hurt Relations

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Ex-Envoy Says 9/11 Suit Against Saudis Could Hurt Relations

By John Mintz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, August 14, 2003; Page A02


A former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia is warning that a pending lawsuit against top Saudi government and business figures filed by victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks could jeopardize relations between the two nations and strengthen the hand of anti-American forces in the kingdom's ruling circles.

If the plaintiffs prevailed, "it would aid and abet those within the Kingdom, including not a few in the ruling Al-Saud (royal family), who argue that their country should now end its longstanding cooperation with the United States," former ambassador Chas. W. Freeman Jr. contended in an affidavit.

Freeman's 15-page statement was filed in federal court in Washington this week by lawyers for Prince Sultan, the Saudi defense minister, as part of a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, which seeks $1 trillion in damages. It alleges that top Saudis financed and promoted the al Qaeda terrorist network; Sultan and the other defendants deny the allegations.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55882-2003Aug13.html

Never mind getting to the truth in open court....no that doesn't make sense.

I beleive the Saudi Prince urged the 28 pages be "revealed"...this sounds like the perfect forum.

[Bob3]

1. So France and Germany we can diss without fear

But we have to tread lightly around the Saudis? Jesus the bullshit gets higher and deeper every day. "You need wings to keep above it"