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6. Prince Alwaleed, Chair of Saudi Kingdom Holdings, was named by Moussaoui as a major AQ funder
Wed Feb 4, 2015, 05:37 PM
Feb 2015

along with a number of other ranking Saudi Royals. For years, Kingdom Holdings had a large share in NewsCorp (most of which was recently sold off).

Immediate source of this new information is an ongoing law suit by 9/11 victims. NYT article about this today has links to 200 pages of newly-taken depositions compiled by plaintiff's legal team, here: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/04/us/zacarias-moussaoui-calls-saudi-princes-patrons-of-al-qaeda.html?_r=0

Many of the details had come out before, but this is a first hand witness account. Fascinating reading - go to exhibits linked at the NYT article. Start on page 7 of Exhibit 5 where Moussaoi names names and explains his personal role in computerizing AQ funder records, and read for the next five or six pages. Implicates a Who's Who of the Saudi Royal Family.

It's been a strained relationship for a long time. Recent events involving ISIS and terrorist attacks in Europe have finally forced a reassessment.

Bigger context is the deteriorating relations between the US and KSA over continuing funding of ISIS by Saudi and Qatari elites. The attack in Paris may have finally shifted policy. Seems the Obama Administration is considering release of the 28 pages redacted in the 9/11 Commission Report. http://28pages.org/2015/02/04/saudi-arabia-and-the-u-s-intelligence-community-allies-against-911-transparency/

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