Picture this: There have recently been a bunch of stories about a financial connection between high-ranking Saudis and the 9-11 hijackers. They include:
We were confused because of the unfamiliar names and other details. Why not create a diagram to clarify the situation? So we did.
We don't think there's a smoking gun in this case. It looks like typical Saudis-helping-Saudis, but who knows for sure? One thing seems obvious: There are enough rabidly anti-American Saudis out there to make it likely that any charitable activity will en up helping a terrorist. That's the nature of their society right now - and is partly the result of the promotion of
Wahhabism. Given that reality, the Saudi Princess should at least have been more circumspect about who she was sending money to.
At any rate, this flap should spur a proper investigation about Saudi connections to al Qaeda.
UPDATE: Conservative Mark Steyn thinks
something going on (Pro al Qaeda embassy staffers? Strangers meeting at Los Angeles airport?). Check it out
here.
posted by Quiddity at 11/24/2002 05:00:00 PM 
