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Smells like some powerful people, maybe in the government, were probably supporting the terrorists, considering there were interventions when the embassy staff
by netsharc 2y ago
Smells like some powerful people, maybe in the government, were probably supporting the terrorists, considering there were interventions when the embassy staff was about to be fired for having jihadist material. Does this mean a complicit government? Even in the US congress you still have plenty of current members who were complicit during an attempted overthrow of the US government (however disorganized, clumsy and futile it was).
And as the article says, the Saudi leadership has gone through some changes in the last 23 years..
Still, the Saudi embassy still helps criminals (rapists) flee home, giving them passports with fake identities (can you call them fake passports if a government issued them?) https://www.propublica.org/article/saudi-fugitives-accused-of-serious-crimes-get-help-to-flee-while-u-s-officials-look-the-other-way https://www.propublica.org/article/saudi-fugitives-accused-o...