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25 years after 9/11, documents reveal Saudi elite funding for Al-Qaeda

'On the Saudi Trail of the 9/11 Attacks' (2/4). Osama bin Laden may have been treated as persona non grata in Riyadh and pushed into exile, but declassified CIA documents show massive cash flows from the kingdom funded Al-Qaeda until 2003. Washington preferred to keep things quiet, so as not to offend the oil-rich monarchy.

25 years after 9/11, documents reveal Saudi elite funding for Al-Qaeda

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