What caused the rapid decline of Saudi-US relations after September 11, 2001?
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Fifteen of the nineteen 911 hijackers were Saudi nationals;  Osama bin Laden is from a very wealthy Saudi family;  terrorist financing has been traced back to Saudi Arabia; and fundamentalist imams in Saudi Arabia have preached jihad against the West.
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Remember there are 40+ siblings and the family had disowned Osama long before 9/11.\n\nVarious members of the family were understandably concerned about their safety in the aftermath of 9/11.\n\nThe decision to allow a flight out was taken after consultation with the FBI etc.\n\nAny reprisals against family members, purely for having the same family name, would have caused a major diplomatic incident - the family run a very respected and successful business empire.
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From the point of view of Bush, the strategy of USA after the great event of 9/11 is to fight terrorism outside the USA and at the site it originates.\nIran has its own Nuclear Program which from the point of view of USA is for the purpose of developing a nuclear bomb but not for energy as declared by Iran.\nI don't think that oil is real reason because USA is rich human resources and culture which can transform dust into gold
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Its the ECONOMY ...how thats ? \n\nlet me first explain somthing here ...\nfor 11/9 i dont agree what happend there ...even im against it 2...yes im muslim arabian one ..but i know well my religion ...and Islam learnd us ...thats we can't kill any inesants ppl ..and whom they did 11/9 and killed more than 4,000 inesants ppl of usa ...yes they are muslims ...but they did thats in their own thoughts ...not as Islam teached us .. and God will put them in the hell not as they thinking in the heaven for what they did \n\nAnd in the same time Bush go and attack Afganstan ...and Iraq ,and as some Usa orgnisations said thats,the war at iraq ...killed more than 75.000 inesants iraqi ppl in less than 3 months by Usa weapons .\n\nso what the diffrent between BEN LADEN & BUSH ? unless if u think thats the insants ppl whom killed in iraq not human ...and the insents ppl whom killed in usa just human!!!!!!! so i think there is not diffrent ...just thats Bush have the power thats make his ppl and the others SHUT UP ...and dont do any thing for what he is going on ...\n\nnow why Bush did thats ... as we know iraq is the one of biggest countries have oil ...and usa have the most products of woapens ... So what we need now ...we need WAR thats make us sell thes weapons ..... occupied countries to have their oil's in the name of TERROR ... WHY ? bcs the COLD WAR finshed ...so we must found NEW WAR ... and he was so clever ..bcs he found thats WAR OF TERROR ..thats occupied countries kill insants ppl in the name of terror war and  democracy ...SO NO ONE CAN SAY NOP TO HIM AND HIS ADMINISTRATION'S \n\nSo the biggest propaganda to them is the Economy
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ITS THE WAR. The US needs to get out of other countries then they will be ok. How long has the US been in the Gulf? Middle east? \nAlso the world hates "terrorists" just the same the attacks and telecasted beheadings... Hmm isnt that a little suspicious? I think they want us to see these acts and support the war and hate the rest of the world and agree that war is justified.\nBuisness and politics ruin the world...
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One thing overlooked by most Americans is that Bin Laden stated one clear goal in his rants.. .that was - "declaration of war against the Americans occupying land of the two holy places- expel the infidels fro the arab peninsula" - Osama Bin Laden\n\nIn April of 2003 Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld announced (very quietly of course) that America was withdrawing armed troops form Saudi Arabia.  \n\nThis overlooked capitulation, like Reagan in 1984 capitulating to Hizbollah by getting the Marines out of Lebanon, is proof that terrorism works... \n\nUnfortunately, actually fighting terrorism is not on the top of the list of US priorities (stealing control over the worlds oil is) and we will be hit again, probably worse, and the people of the US are not to blame, thier requests (9-11 familes requests, 9-11 commission's suggestions) have been ignored.  The "homeland security" is a joke, a way to launder money and siphon funds from the US tax payer to elites... so we are basically set up to be hurt again. \n\nThe Vietnam syndrome is still alive from, namely, Vietnam... and some of us "will never forget" and this is why we should all do everything we can t end this horrid war.  Lose the machismo and admit we can't"win", save some lives, give some kid thier daddy back, instead of having that poor soul die for this stupid regime in power right now in the US and thier cronies (including Bin Laden). \n\npeace.
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I think liberals have a valid point when they say that we have alienated some countries over Iraq, but most of those countries weren't really lining up to help us anyway. The prevailing attitude that you see with many liberals is that America's foreign policies are to blame for 9/11 and other terror attacks, and this is simply not true. The terrorists who attacked America on 9/11 were the same terrorist who attacked America several times during the Clinton administration, when Clinton went out of his way to be "the good guy" towards the islamic world. Foreign policy is not to blame. The terrorists simply hate the Israelis, and therefore, we are guilty by association.
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Try the word flip-flop. The bottom line is the US put Saddam in power. We made a mistake. Now we should clean up our mess.
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Saudi - US relations are often in a minor state of dynamic flux, but they are as strong as ever.  For generations, the King of Saudi Arabia and the President of the United States have made pledges of mutual assistance to one another.
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I think that's what provoked the US to begin with, 9-11.   Radical Islamic terrorists do not care about little details like families.
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im worried about my kids.  not only because of us international relations but also because our communities are deteriorating quickly.
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Many members of Bush's administration were also members of his father's administration.  They considered Iraq to be 'unfinished' business from the first Gulf War, and intended to push Saddam Hussein out of power at the first opportunity.  9-11 gave them the opportunity.\n\nThey have believed for 15 years that if they got Saddam out of power. Iraq would become a western-favoring 'foothold' in the middle-east.  Since the Saudi royal family has a difficult time holding on to power without the Wahhabi fundamentalists that want the US out of their country --  this new foothold would replace the base that was taken out of Saudi Arabia.\nSo far - it's been a complete flop.
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Possibly the best place to start your search is with the US Saudi Embassy.  Investigate the link below.
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In order to combat terrorism, the USA needed to eliminate possible bases and supply lines for terrorist activity which were located within Iraq.  The war is a result of the 9/11 attacks, and an attempt to prevent any more such attacks.
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9/11 has been in works since Operation Desert Shield. Even afterwards, while we flew Operation Northern and Southern Watch from Prince Sultan Airbase over Iraq, Bin Laden was fuming at the USA "infidels" being so close to Mecca. It was going to happen someday. GWB just drew the wrong card.
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Because America sees that saudi's are living in peace...\nand they just want to screw it...\n\njust to miss up with our religion and culture...\n\nWHY EVERY THING SHOULD BE ON THERE STANDARDS.\n\nwhat works for you may not work for others...
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NO!\nAnd the only people who claim the U.S. government was involved in 9/11 are MUSLIMS who are trying to fix their public relations problem!\nNotice all the websites with false claims to the origins of 9/11 come from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Egypt, and other Muslim countries.  These people are simply trying to deflect their guilt by shifting the blame to the Americans, the Israelis, and anyone else whom they hate.