After 23 years, evidence has surfaced suggesting that the Saudi Arabian government was involved in the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York, which caused thousands of casualties and plunged the world into chaos in 2001.
According to the New York Times (NYT) on the 9th (local time), evidence supporting this circumstance was revealed for the first time during a lawsuit process by the families of the terror victims, who had been demanding related materials from the U.S. Department of Justice.
The South Tower in New York, USA, burning after the airplane terror attack on September 11, 2001[Photo by Wikipedia]
The newly disclosed evidence includes videos and airplane sketches seized by British police during a raid on the home of Saudi national Al-Bayoumi, who was connected to the hijackers, ten days after the 9/11 attacks. It is reported that a series of mathematical equations were also written on the sketches.
Al-Bayoumi is the person who met two of the 9/11 terrorists in Los Angeles in early 2000 and helped them rent an apartment and settle locally. Al-Bayoumi claimed at the time that he was an accountant working for a Saudi airline and that his meetings with the terrorists were coincidental. However, according to FBI documents declassified in 2017, Al-Bayoumi was an unofficial agent of the Saudi intelligence agency.
British intelligence authorities handed over the Al-Bayoumi-related materials they obtained to the FBI. The FBI commissioned experts to analyze the mathematical equations written on the sketches, revealing that the equations helped calculate the descent speed of the airplane to strike ground targets.
However, the 9/11 Commission was unaware of the existence of these sketches. Philip Zelikow, Executive Director of the 9/11 Commission, explained, "If we had known, we would have asked Al-Bayoumi about it." Last week, during a hearing at the Manhattan Federal Court, there was a claim that the sketches might have been part of Al-Bayoumi's son's homework, but the presiding judge was reportedly skeptical, according to the NYT.
Another circumstantial piece of evidence captured by British investigators was a video of the U.S. Capitol found in Al-Bayoumi's former home in Birmingham, England. Filmed in 1999, the video shows entrances, exits, parking facilities, and security guards of the Capitol, which could have been a target for the 9/11 terrorists. In the video, Al-Bayoumi referred to the Capitol as "the most important building" and called the people in the National Mall "the devils of the White House."
Since 2002, families of the 9/11 victims have been engaged in lawsuits demanding the disclosure of documents, including government confidential files, that show the Saudi government’s involvement in the terror attacks. To achieve their goal, they must prove that Saudi government agents assisted the hijackers. Although the newly disclosed materials do not prove the Saudi government’s involvement in the terror attacks, the NYT pointed out that they could serve as one of the circumstantial evidences supporting such a possibility.
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