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Re:Washington Should Prepare for Saudi Arabia's Collapse by ianamartin on Sunday February 21, 2016 @07:37AM (#11144269)
I will freely admit that I don't understand the politics of Saudi Arabia.

But is it not a known fact that the 9-11 operators were a) Saudi, and b) backed by the Saudi government?

I'm certainly happy to be proven wrong, but if I'm correct here, that seems a lot to me to fit in with the concept of "exporting terrorism".

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Re:Washington Should Prepare for Saudi Arabia's Collapse by ptaipale on Sunday February 21, 2016 @08:46AM (#11144468)
> But is it not a known fact that the 9-11 operators were a) Saudi, and b) backed by the Saudi government?

a) yes, b) no. Saudi government's relations with Osama bin Laden and his network went sour in about 1990.

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Re:Washington Should Prepare for Saudi Arabia's Collapse by merpnderp on Sunday February 21, 2016 @03:32PM (#11146349)
By "Saudi government" if that person means wealthy princes related to the current ruling dynasty, then the answer of course is yes.
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