Hello, and congratulations on your new site.

I’ve been a long time lurker (about 2 years) and have often read post that connect Iraq with 9/11 or at least to some if not “the” terrorist which is why we had to invade in order to defend ourselves from a potential attack from terrorist in and/or aided by Iraq.

But the joint FBI-INS-police PENTBOM investigation, the FBI program of voluntary interviews and numerous other post-9-11 inquiries, together comprising probably the most comprehensive criminal investigation in history—chasing down 500,000 leads and interviewing 175,000 people — has turned up no evidence of Iraq’s involvement; nor has the extensive search of post-Saddam Iraq by the Kay and Duelfer commission and US troops combing through Saddam’s computers.

The intelligence community (CIA, NSA, DIA, etc) view, confirmed by the conclusions of the 9/11 Commission Report and the Senate Report of Pre-war Intelligence on Iraq, is that there was not a cooperative effort between the two and that Saddam did not support the 9/11 attacks. According to this view, the difference in ideology between Saddam and al-Qaeda made cooperation in any terrorist attacks very unlikely (Saddam Hussein did not trust Islamic extremists and had often worked against them, while Osama bin Laden had called Saddam Hussein an “infidel” a number of times).

Though its true Iraq had (by coincidence) been killing OBL’s religious enemies since January 1998 such as the killings of internationally respected clerics have been attributed widely to Iraqi government agents by Shi’a clergy in Iran, international human rights activists, the U.S. and other governments. For example;

According to a report submitted to the Special Rapporteur in September 1999, one of al-Sadr’s sons, Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr, was arrested along with a large number of theological students who had studied under the Ayatollah. Nineteen followers of al-Sadr reportedly were executed toward the end of 1999, including Sheikh Muhammad al-Numani, Friday imam Sheikh Abd-al-Razzaq al-Rabi’i, assistant Friday imam Kazim al-Safi, and students from a religious seminary in Najaf. But it was only a coincidence that the victims were also enemies of OBL as ultimately the Senate Report confirmed the CIA’s conclusion that there was no evidence of operational cooperation between the two.

Yet, both parties in the House and Senate intelligence committees have through their investigations proven with incontrovertible evidence that there was support for the 9/11 terrorists;

“Our investigators found a CIA memo dated August 2, 2002, whose author concluded that there is incontrovertible evidence that there is support for these terrorists within the Saudi government. On September 11, America was not attacked by a nation-state, but we had just discovered that the attackers were actively supported by one, and that state was our supposed friend and ally Saudi Arabia.”

“We had discovered an FBI asset who had a close relationship with the terrorists; a terrorist support network that went through the Saudi Embassy; and a funding network that went through the Saudi Royal family.”

According to U.S. intelligence reports the Saudi government played a direct role in funding 9/11 and Saudi Arabia has an active role as a player in the nuclear black-market. Also the U.S. State Department’s 2000 Human Rights Report shows Saudi Arabia is a brutal dictatorship that makes Iraq under Saddam Hussein look like Disneyworld.

The Treasury and State Departments have catalogued the Saudi government’s decades of support for Bin Laden and al-Qaeda.

The hijackers Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid Almihdhar received money from Saudi Arabia’s royal family through two Saudis, Omar Al-Bayoumi and Osama Basnan. Newsweek bases its report on information leaked from the 9/11 Congressional Inquiry in October.[Newsweek, 11/22/2002; Newsweek, 11/22/2002;
New York Times, 11/23/2002; Washington Post, 11/23/2003]

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/23/internat…ast/23TERR.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A…anguage=printer

later even more connections between them and both entities are revealed. [US Congress, 7/24/2003 pdf file] http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/creport…port_errata.pdf

“The money moved into the family’s bank account beginning in early 2000, just a few months after hijackers Khalid Almidhar and Nawaf Alhazmi arrived in Los Angeles from an Al Qaeda planning summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, according to the sources. Within days of the terrorists’ arrival in the United States, Al Bayoumi befriended the two men who would eventually hijack American Flight 77, throwing them a welcoming party in San Diego and guaranteeing their lease on an apartment next door to his own. Al Bayoumi also paid $1,500 to cover the first two months of rent for Al Midhar and Alhazmi, although officials said it could be possible that the hijackers later repaid the money.” [Newsweek, November 22, 2002; US Congress, 7/24/2003 pdf file]

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/creport…port_errata.pdf

MSNBC claims that “members of the Saudi royal family met frequently with bin Laden—both before and after 9/11” [MSNBC, 9/5/2003] , and many Saudi royals and bin Laden relatives are being sued for their alleged role in 9/11.

http://www.emjournal.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/sept030.html

Saudi Arabia has transferred $500 million to Al Qaida over the past decade, according to a report prepared for the United Nations. The report said prominent Saudi charities, supported by leading officials and companies, continue to finance groups deemed as terrorist by the European Union and the United States, but regarded as legitimate by the kingdom.

http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/W…udis_01_03.html

After funding the hijackers the Saudi agents decided they needed to travel to Las Vegas where they would meet up with the rest of the Bin Ladens and fly out of the country while American air space was on shoot to kill lock down after 9/11. (According to FBI documents, the Las Vegas charter (Ryan 441) was the one paid for by either the Saudi Royal Family or Osama Bin Laden) And many of the passengers who were escaping on the flight were ALREADY WANTED by the FBI for questioning BEFORE 9/11 and also had several connections to the 9/11 terrorist! For example:

The son of the Saudi Defense Minister Prince Sultan. Sultan is sued in August 2002 for alleged complicity in the 9/11 plot. [Tampa Tribune, 10/5/2001] He is alleged to have contributed at least $6 million since 1994 to four charities that finance al-Qaeda. [Vanity Fair, 10/2003]

http://web.archive.org/web/20011108145853/…GA3F78EFSC.html

http://www.wesjones.com/saudi1.htm

Khalil bin Laden. He has been investigated by the Brazilian government for possible terrorist connections. [Vanity Fair, 10/2003]

http://www.wesjones.com/saudi1.htm

Abdullah bin Laden and Omar bin Laden, cousins of bin Laden. Abdullah was the US director of the Muslim charity World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY). The governments of India, Pakistan, Philippines, and Bosnia have all accused WAMY of funding terrorism. These two relatives were investigated by the FBI in 1996 (see February-September 11, 1996) in a case involving espionage, murder, and national security.

http://www.wesjones.com/saudi1.htm

Remarkably, four of the 9/11 hijackers briefly live in the town of Falls Church, Virginia, three blocks from the WAMY office headed by Abdullah bin Laden. [BBC, 11/6/2001]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/events/newsnight/1645527.stm

Saleh Ibn Abdul Rahman Hussayen. He is a prominent Saudi official who is in the same hotel as three of the hijackers the night before 9/11. He leaves on one of the first flights to Saudi Arabia before the FBI can properly interview him about this. [Washington Post, 10/2/2003]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A…anguage=printer

Akberali Moawalla. A Pakistani and business partner of Osama’s brother Yeslam bin Laden. In 2000, a transfer of over $250 million was made from a bank account belonging jointly to Moawalla and Osama bin Laden.(see 2000). [Washington Post, 7/22/2004]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/artic…-2004Jul21.html

Khalid bin Mahfouz. In October 2001, the Treasury Department identified the Muwafaq Foundation, largely endowed by Khalid bin Mahfouz, as an al Qaeda front that had funneled millions of dollars to bin Laden. Some families of the 9/11 victims have named Mahfouz and dozens of prominent Saudis, including members of the royal family, in a lawsuit that accuses the Saudis of funding the 9/11 terrorists. Bush administration officials stated that they would seek to have the suit dismissed or delayed.
[New York Times, November 28, 2002]

One not on the flight or wanted but is important to note; Princess Haifa, the wife of Prince Bandar had been making monthly transfers, $130,000 in all, to an FBI informant in counter-terrorism specializing in Arabic terrorist “Al Bayoumi” who assisted and funded the two hijackers who were based in San Diego.["FBI Looks at Saudi's Links to 9/11," Los Angeles Times, November 23, 2002]

I could go on but to some it up, because of 9/11 we have declared a war on terror while at the same time failing to hold those most responsible “THE SAUDIS” who according to U.S. intelligence reports played a direct role in funding 9/11, has an active role as a player in the nuclear black-market plus the U.S. State Department’s 2000 Human Rights Report shows Saudi Arabia is a brutal dictatorship that makes Iraq under Saddam Hussein look like Disneyworld yet we attacked Iraq. Why?