No smoking gun of Saudi complicity – New 9/11 document released

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WASHINGTON, July 16, (AP): Saudi officials are hoping that the release of a top secret chapter of an early congressional inquiry into 9/11 will end accusations of Saudi complicity in the attacks — allegations that have never been substantiated.

Those who pushed for its release say it’s only the beginning. Congress on Friday disclosed the last chapter of a 2002 congressional report that has been kept under wraps for more than 13 years, stored in a secure room in the basement of the Capitol.

Lawmakers and relatives of victims of the attacks who believe that Saudi links to the attackers were not thoroughly investigated had campaigned for years to get the pages released. The document names individuals who knew the hijackers after they arrived in the United States and helped them get apartment open bank accounts and connect with local mosques.

Fifteen of the 19 hijackers were Saudi nationals and several had little experience living in the West. Several investigations into the attacks followed the congressional inquiry.

The most well-known investigation was by the 9/11 Commission, which in 2004 stated that it found “no evidence that the Saudi government as an institution or senior Saudi officials individually funded” al-Qaeda.

“This conclusion does not exclude the likelihood that charities with significant Saudi government sponsorship diverted funds to al-Qaeda.” Adel al-Jubier, foreign minister for Saudi Arabia, which has urged the release of the chapter since 2002, said the documents should finally put to rest questions about Saudi Arabia’s suspected role in the Sept 11 attack. “That matter is now finished,” al-Jubier said. “The surprise in the 28 pages is that there is no surprise.”

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