Poll question: Will the Saudi ad buy sway American public opinion in their favor?
Saudis buy ads to counter Fahrenheit 9/11
Saudi Arabia has launched an advertising campaign in 19 American cities to counter criticism of the kingdom's commitment to fight terrorism.
The advertisements, which will run until September 6, quote from the September 11 commission's report as a way of challenging allegations made in the Michael Moore documentary Fahrenheit 9/11.
One advertisement quotes the commission's finding that Saudi Arabia did not fund al-Qaeda. Another rebuts claims that the Bush Administration helped members of Osama bin Laden's family flee the US after the September 11 attacks.
Allegations of collusion between the Bush Administration and prominent Saudis feature in Moore's documentary, which the Saudi ambassador to Britain, Prince Turki al-Faisal, has called "grossly unfair".
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