Yahoo News – by Elena Holodny, Business Insider
Saudi Arabia threatened to sell up to $750 billion worth of US assets held by the Kingdom if Congress passes a bill that would allow the Saudi government to be sued over 9/11, reports The New York Times’ Mark Mazzetti.
Saudi Foreign Minister, Adel al-Jubeir, personally passed on the message last month during a trip to Washington, according to The Times.
The foreign minister was referring to the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, (JASTA) which would let victims of 9/11 and other terrorist acts sue foreign sponsors of terrorism.
As Vice News noted when it was reintroduced in September, the Senate bill would pave the way for a lawsuit to proceed over Saudi Arabia’s alleged role in the 9/11 terror attacks.
Saudi Arabia has been arguing that it’s immune from liability over 9/11 under a 1976 lawthat makes it difficult to sue foreign countries in US courts. However, the JASTA legislation would allow victims of terrorism on US soil to sue foreign sponsors of terrorism.
The Obama administration has been lobbying Congress to block the bill’s passage, administration officials and congressional aides from both parties told The Times. The administration argues that the legislation would put Americans at legal risk overseas.
Meanwhile, “the Saudi threats have been the subject of intense discussions in recent weeks between lawmakers and officials from the State Department and the Pentagon,” writes Mazzetti. “The officials have warned senators of diplomatic and economic fallout from the legislation.”
The Saudi government has routinely denied any involved in 9/11. Additionally, the 9/11 Commission found “no evidence that the Saudi government as an institution or senior Saudi officials individually funded the organization.”
However, Mazzetti writes that suspicions about Saudi involvement have lingered because a 2002 inquiry from Congress cited evidence that Saudi officials living in the US were part of the 9/11 terror plot.
Notably, the Saudis’ statement comes at time when US-Saudi relations are not as great as they once were following attempts to (kind of) patch things up with Iran, the Saudis’ regional rival, and ongoing questions about the roles both countries should play in the Middle East.
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/saudis-threaten-sell-750-billion-173000859.html
The Saudis are only part of it. The whole “Iran Contra” scandal gaggle are the 9/11 culprits, including , of course, the Israelis.
“Saudi Arabia threatened to sell up to $750 billion worth of US assets held by the Kingdom”
“if Congress passes bill that would let 9/11 victims sue Saudi Arabia”
Wow, they look ahead for paying bills.
But eh, they are not afraid that the American people are going to DEMAND to invade that little dirtstain and establish a democracy there like in Irak and Afghanistan?
I mean a word is a word right? I sure am looking ahead to a new deck of cards.
The whole article sounds to me like the Zionists are trying to push the blame for 9-11 from Israel to Saudi Arabia because too many people know it was an inside job.
Outside of the phantom “Arab hijackers” (most of whom turned up alive days later), the Saudis had nothing to do with 9-11, and it was a total Israeli operation. Now we have a Jewish author in the Zio-news hinting that it was Arabs.
Do they even own 3/4 Trillion in U.S. assets? They’re screwed if they do, with or without threatening to sell them. I think this entire story is BS.
“Zionists are trying to push the blame for 9-11 from Israel to Saudi Arabia because too many people know it was an inside job. ”
The difference being, What do you know, and what can you prove.
“Now we have a Jewish author in the Zio-news hinting that it was Arabs. ”
You forgot Michel Moore, making a set up for a second patsy long ago.
I’m suspicious of this story too, JR. While I’m not ready to completely rule out some kind of Saudi collaboration, it’s perfectly obvious that the Israelis and their agents in the Bush administration were the prime movers behind the 9/11 inside job.
Interesting how the Saudis are making threats, while ‘guilty Iran’ – as the one NY judge recently ruled. it like “Pffffft….Whatever”.
Of course, few Amerikans will make this connection….
Hummmmmmmmmmmm? Geez, I guy could think the Saudi’s are hiding something, not the fact that 16 of the 19 hijackers who “supposedly” pulled off 911 were from Saudi Arabia!
Here’s the problem. I read an article today that claimed the 1%ers have an average life span 10 years beyond the norm. It’s F’N up the equation. Too many greedy fingers reaching for the pot. Not enough sheeples to exploit. There’s too many rich assholes grabbin’ for the gold. There’s only so many slaves. So, they’re turnin’ on each other like a pack of wolves.
Like anyone is going to pay or buy Saudi’s 750 Billion in US assets
get real
and I want an answer to why and how Saudi’s can own ANY of WE the peoples assets of this country..who needs a rope for allowing this?