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September 11 Report Raises Saudi Question


(Financial Times-UK) - The September 11 hijackers received foreign government support while they were in the U.S. plotting the attacks on New York and Washington, according to the head of the U.S. Congress investigation into the attacks. The conclusion will raise new questions in particular about the role of Saudi Arabia, particularly because the administration insisted on deleting a 28-page section of the report that focused on the Saudi link. Senator Bob Graham, the former Democratic intelligence committee chairman who led the investigation, said the hijackers "received, during most of this time, significant assistance from a foreign government which further facilitated their ability to be so lethal." He would not identify the government but he charged that the administration was refusing to release the information "to protect the country or countries that were providing direct assistance to some of the hijackers."
2003-07-25 00:00:00
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