normalnoises Posted December 7 Report Share Posted December 7 http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/340/nation/Saudi_minister_quoted_saying_Jews_behind_Sept_11_attacks+.shtmlSaudi minister quoted saying Jews behind Sept. 11 attacks By Alaa Shahine, Associated Press, 12/6/2002 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The Saudi police minister has claimed Jews were behind the Sept. 11 attacks because they have benefited from subsequent criticism of Islam and Arabs, according to media reports. Interior Minister Prince Nayef made the remarks in the Arabic-language Kuwaiti daily Assyasah last month. The latest edition of Ain al Yaqeen, a weekly Internet magazine devoted to Saudi issues, posted the Assyasah interview and its English translation. ''We know that the Jews have manipulated the Sept. 11 incidents and turned American public opinion against Arabs and Muslims,'' Prince Nayef was quoted as saying in the Arabic text. Ain al Yaqeen's English version referred to ''Zionists'' instead of ''Jews.'' ''We still ask ourselves: Who has benefited from Sept. 11 attacks? I think they [the Jews] were the protagonists of such attacks,'' Nayef was quoted as saying. Nayef's spokesman, Saud al Musaibeeh, did not respond to repeated requests for confirmation the minister had been quoted accurately. The Internet magazine's English translation of the comments began to attract attention in the United States just as the Saudis launched a public relations campaign to address accusations the kingdom is soft on terrorism and inculcates extremist thought into its citizens. The statements also were widely circulated by the Middle East Media Research Institute, a pro-Israel group that translates articles from the Arabic media. ''The Saudis are telling us that they are an ally in the war on terror while their top government officials are still blaming ... the Jews and denying that 15 Saudis took part in the attacks on New York and the Pentagon,'' Representative Eliot Engel, Democrat of New York, said in Washington thisst edition of Ain al Yaqeen, a weekly Internet magazine devoted to Saudi issues, posted the Assyasah interview and its English translation. ''We know that the Jews have manipulated the Sept. 11 incidents and turned American public opinion against Arabs and Muslims,'' Prince Nayef was quoted as saying in the Arabic text. Ain al Yaqeen's English version referred to ''Zionists'' instead of ''Jews.'' ''We still ask ourselves: Who has benefited from Sept. 11 attacks? I think they [the Jews] were the protagonists of such attacks,'' Nayef was quoted as saying. Nayef's spokesman, Saud al Musaibeeh, did not respond to repeated requests for confirmation the minister had been quoted accurately. The Internet magazine's English translation of the comments began to attract attention in the United States just as the Saudis launched a public relations campaign to address accusations the kingdom is soft on terrorism and inculcates extremist thought into its citizens. The statements also were widely circulated by the Middle East Media Research Institute, a pro-Israel group that translates articles from the Arabic media. ''The Saudis are telling us that they are an ally in the war on terror while their top government officials are still blaming ... the Jews and denying that 15 Saudis took part in the attacks on New York and the Pentagon,'' Representative Eliot Engel, Democrat of New York, said in Washington this week. ''The Bush administration continually defends Saudi Arabia as a friend of the United States and a committed partner in the war on terror. Does this Saudi minister sound like a partner in the war on terror?'' Nayef's remarks echoed rumors that have been heard in the Arab world since the attacks - but this time they are attributed to the man in charge of Saudi investigations into the attacks. The Saudi minister was quoted in the interview as saying his kingdom is currently detaining some 100 terror suspects for interrogation. He added that the suspects ''will either apologize for their mistakes and change their course or will be referred to trial.'' The United States has blamed the Sept. 11 attacks on Al Qaeda terror network, whose chief, Osama bin Laden, was stripped of his Saudi citizenship in 1994. It took Saudi Arabia five months after the attacks to acknowledge that 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudis. The Gulf kingdom, a close US ally, has never officially held Al Qaeda responsible for the attacks and usually refers to the hijackers as people ''enticed and deluded'' into committing their crimes. Several statements attributed to bin Laden aired by the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera satellite television station claimed responsibility for the attacks. A statement attributed to Al Qaeda's ''political bureau'' that appeared Monday on an Islamic Web site listed the Sept. 11 attacks as week. ''The Bush administration continually defends Saudi Arabia as a friend of the United States and a committed partner in the war on terror. Does this Saudi minister sound like a partner in the war on terror?'' Nayef's remarks echoed rumors that have been heard in the Arab world since the attacks - but this time they are attributed to the man in charge of Saudi investigations into the attacks. The Saudi minister was quoted in the interview as saying his kingdom is currently detaining some 100 terror suspects for interrogation. He added that the suspects ''will either apologize for their mistakes and change their course or will be referred to trial.'' The United States has blamed the Sept. 11 attacks on Al Qaeda terror network, whose chief, Osama bin Laden, was stripped of his Saudi citizenship in 1994. It took Saudi Arabia five months after the attacks to acknowledge that 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudis. The Gulf kingdom, a close US ally, has never officially held Al Qaeda responsible for the attacks and usually refers to the hijackers as people ''enticed and deluded'' into committing their crimes. Several statements attributed to bin Laden aired by the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera satellite television station claimed responsibility for the attacks. A statement attributed to Al Qaeda's ''political bureau'' that appeared Monday on an Islamic Web site listed the Sept. 11 attacks as among the successful operations carried out by the terrorist group against the United States. In the interview, Nayef said he could not believe that bin Laden and his network, including Saudi participants, worked alone. He was quoted as saying he believed terrorist networks have links to ''foreign intelligence agencies that work against Arab and Muslim interests, chief among them is the Israeli Mossad.'' This story ran on page A27 of the Boston Globe on 12/6/2002. © Copyright 2002 Globe Newspaper Company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djxeno Posted December 11 Report Share Posted December 11 Who knows what really happened that day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guyman1966 Posted December 11 Report Share Posted December 11 Originally posted by djxeno Who knows what really happened that day. Dude - are you saying that Jews might have been behind that attack? If you really think that there is even a remote possibility of that, I urge you to please cut your nutz off to guarantee that you never reproduce. We have way to many ignorant people already. Yea - Jews were working w/ Saudi's to pull this off.... please!!!!!! WAKE UP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehog Posted December 11 Report Share Posted December 11 Fawfing Saudi'swe should bomb them and lett every country have cheaper oil:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djxeno Posted December 12 Report Share Posted December 12 Originally posted by guyman1966 Dude - are you saying that Jews might have been behind that attack? If you really think that there is even a remote possibility of that, I urge you to please cut your nutz off to guarantee that you never reproduce. We have way to many ignorant people already. Yea - Jews were working w/ Saudi's to pull this off.... please!!!!!! WAKE UP Um...maybe you don't know how to read or I don't know what's wrong with you, I never said Jews were behind it, all I'm saying is that who knows what happened....I mean come on....only till recently did they admit that they were going to shoot down the 4th plane had it come any closer to washington...I don't believe half the stuff I hear or watch in the news...So don't put fuckin words in my mouth.-XeNo- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly0616 Posted December 12 Report Share Posted December 12 It could be true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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