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LARED

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12. I think you fail to appreciate the structure of the Saudi "government"

Reply to Bonobo (Reply #11)

Sun Mar 4, 2012, 10:15 AM

Mar 2012

SA is an absolute Monarchy. There are dozens of internal factions and around 7000 princes that control all facets of Saudi society. The Quran and Sunnah are it's "constitution". There is no accountability to the people. In short the King is the government. Unless you think the King sanctioned the attacks, claiming the "Saudis did it" is less then compelling.

I have little doubt there was a prince or lackey that helped fund or provided support for the attack. So I guess it's simply semantics that separate us.

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Now it is being openly admitted that the Saudis did it and "we don't want to know." [View all] Bonobo Mar 2012 OP

Gee, I wonder who else was in on it? OffWithTheirHeads Mar 2012 #1

They sounded so calm after that bombshell was dropped Sanity Claws Mar 2012 #2

What about the hundreds of thousands of casualties... Bonobo Mar 2012 #3

Oh, like frogmarch Mar 2012 #4

The point I was trying to make (and did poorly) was... Bonobo Mar 2012 #5

Got it. nt frogmarch Mar 2012 #6

Huh? There's no vindication for conspiracy theory nuts in this story William Seger Mar 2012 #7

"Is it still a 'conspiracy theory' to say ..." William Seger Mar 2012 #8

So it has been widely known and reported that... Bonobo Mar 2012 #9

"Bullshit and revise" huh? William Seger Mar 2012 #13

What do you mean "now"? I never denied it. But it was 2 buildings, not 3. Bonobo Mar 2012 #21

No, it was 3 buildings, and no, there was no need for any collusion William Seger Mar 2012 #23

Yes, 3. I thought you were referring (for some reason) to WT7. Bonobo Mar 2012 #24

"ducking the issue?" William Seger Mar 2012 #25

How do you propose the CIA got the idea Bonobo Mar 2012 #26

Really? William Seger Mar 2012 #27

"the Saudi govt." jberryhill Mar 2012 #16

So then... Bonobo Mar 2012 #22

A piece of the 9/11 commission report was redacted jberryhill Mar 2012 #28

Actually the 28 pages were redacted from the noise Mar 2012 #29

How did you come away with the notion that the "Saudis did it"? LARED Mar 2012 #10

Bob Kerrey and Bob Graham seem to think so. Bonobo Mar 2012 #11

I think you fail to appreciate the structure of the Saudi "government" LARED Mar 2012 #12

Graham has pointed to a Saudi network noise Mar 2012 #17

Does that mean the Saudis had access to our military operations? Rosa Luxemburg Mar 2012 #19

Shouldn't this say... LARED Mar 2012 #20

So why did Saudi Arabia want to help do the 911 attacks? Rosa Luxemburg Mar 2012 #14

There are two popular theories noise Mar 2012 #18

Typically awful media coverage noise Mar 2012 #15