NEW YORK: Saudi Arabia?s Deputy Crown Prince and Defence Minister Muhammad Bin Salman during his last United States visit and meeting with President Barack Obama and other high officials requested not to declassify a 28-page section of a Congressional report, which many believe will point to the Saudi involvement in the 2001 plane hijackings, which killed nearly 3,000 people and launched the War on Terror.
According to the foreign media reports, Obama, who is reluctant to release the documents, has mounting pressure at home to bring the facts in front of the world.Sources report that the US intelligence agencies will shortly release the 28 pages from the 9/11 congressional report, which is believed to show a stronger connection to Saudi funding of the attacks.
On the other hand, the Saudi authorities have threatened the US to further poison the already strained ties between Washington and its longstanding Gulf ally. Saudi Arabia has reportedly warned it could sell off several hundred billion dollars in American assets if Congress passes the measure.
Former senator Bob Graham, who co-chaired the 9/11 congressional inquiry, said he was ?outraged but not surprised? by the Saudi warning on assets. The Saudi Embassy denied Moussaoui?s claims.
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