9/11 and the Saudi hijackers
For those who are interested in 9/11:
It is about the Saudi “hijackers” who were said to still be alive (by BBC, Daily Telegraph, Saudi embassy..). A few weeks ago, someone asked me about this program that was aired on Al Jazeera a few months ago..., so I though I'd share the info with everyone.
In September 2006, I watched a 2 hour program (on Al Jazeera Arabic) about and with Sheikh Zaky Yamani ( ex Saudi Petroleum Minister for about 25 years and a very respected character in the Middle East)... and at the end of the program, he spoke a little about 9/11 and about the Saudis who were still alive... and who had contacted their various embassies to inform them that they had nothing to do with 9/11 and to protest their pictures being flashed all over the world as "terrorists". I must say, I was quite astonished that he, out of all people… mentioned them. The program was being repeated a day later so I watched it again... just to make sure that I had heard him properly. An American friend asked me if I could help with any info on these Saudi “high-jackers” about 10 days ago… and the only thing I figured I might know of that Americans might not know of would be this Arabic interview with Sheikh Yamany. I searched for the program as I had seen it a few months ago and I finally found it on Al Jazeeras site. The transcript is of course in Arabic, but I translated as well as I could the section about 9/11 and I also copied & pasted it here so that you could have it professionally and independently translated.
The program is called: "Private Visit" (pronounced 'ziyara khaasa' in Arabic) and was aired in September 2006
http://www.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/41B14B96-8AA4-457C-BECD-2549146D8311
In essence, this is the exchange that takes place:
interviewer: Where were you when 9/11 happened?
Sheikh Zaky: I was in Boston... having my yearly medical check-up. It was a Tuesday and I was planning to take an easy morning in the hotel room... reading newspapers and drinking tea with my wife until it was time to go down. I remember that the telephone rang relatively early and I wondered who that could possibly be. The television was turned on and CNN was broadcasting, but we had lowered the volume. My friend who was a Harvard professor asked me if I could see what was happening on CNN. So I looked and said... yes. There is a commercial for a Hollywood feature probably... whereupon he told me what was happening... and of course I raised the volume of TV and realized that it was for real.
Interviewer: And did you know from the beginning that they were Saudis that hit the towers?
Sheikh Zaky: Well listen to me brother... I frankly still have questions around this issue...for example this Bukhari fellow (this is how his name is written in the text and I would have to hear the interview again to confirm. In Arabic, the difference of one dot on a letter can change the pronunciation).. one of the "suicide pilots" ... whose name was revealed called the Saudi embassy in Washington... and told them that he can see his name... and that he is a person living in Oklahoma and didn't commit this act. He was told by the embassy to call the FBI. He also told them that he could see the name of his brother who died 2 years ago. This is one issue. There are also other Saudis whose names appeared... and even the Middle East published their names... and they are alive... One of them was in Tunisia and some of them were is Riad... and one of them in Mecca. These a questions for which I would like to see answers. The official version of the story requires answers... and these are some questions. The other issue that drew my attention was Mohammed Atta with another person who they also described as "suicide pilots" (martyrs) and who were staying in a hotel not far from where I lived in Boston. The day after the attacks, reporters went to his hotel to enquire about him. The hotel confirmed that he was staying there. When the reporters asked what he was doing the day before, the hotel told them that he had asked for a booking in a restaurant which the hotel had booked for him. The reporters went to the restaurant and asked what Atta ate and drank... and the waitress that served him informed them... and also added that Atta and his friend drank a lot of Vodka and were enjoying themselves and laughing a lot... This news was published in an American newspaper. This means that this Mohammed Atta who wants to enter paradise and to become a martyr (commit suicide for 'the cause') and enjoy what God promised him... decides to get drunk the eve of his martyrdom??
interviewer: Sir..., you also questioned whether the Jews were aware of the operation...
Sheikh Zaky: No sir..., these are truths... published in newspapers... in New Jersey... which you can refer to. There is a building which looked upon the 2 towers and from which you could see the Israelis who had their cameras ready on top of another building and they filmed the first tower being hit. They are the only people to have shot the first tower being hit. They then waited for the second tower to be hit. After that, they started dancing and singing... and showing their happiness... The neighbors were disturbed and called the FBI who surprised the Israelis. They were working for a moving company in New Jersey. When asked why they were happy, they responded by saying: so that you can finally understand the pain we feel at the hands of Palestinian terrorists. That was all that was published and then they were of course moved far away to Israel.
Interviewer: Yes..., all that you say is true... but OBL confessed on video tapes... and was proud of it?
Sheikh Zaky: I really don't know brother... if he confessed to the attack on New York in order to become a "star" or what... Is he at all involved? I do know that a complicated operation of this size cannot be conducted from a cave in Tora Bora... The second or third day of the attack, a Canadian commander came on TV and explained how it was impossible for normal civilian pilots to conduct such an operation... It is impossible. I have many questions regarding this issue... I do not deny that Al Qaeda is involved..., but I also cannot prove it.
End of translation.
My personal comment: it is well known in the Middle East that pious Muslims who reach the point of being ready and willing to sacrifice their lives for their 'cause' and God (which is what is described as martydom), DEFINITELY do not EVER drink alcohol... let alone the eve of their martyrdom). These people do not make one mistake in behavior.
Zaky Yamany is a very respected man in the Middle East and in the world… and has worked very closely with the US for decades. He is a very important personality and it is very meaningful that he should speak out in such a matter. It is rather obvious that Arab governments are silent not because they don't know, but because they cannot afford to rub the US/neocon regime the wrong way with a crazy man like Bush heading the world. The situation in the Middle East is tense enough as it already is. As for the Saudi/American relationship..., this is a separate and special case. These two countries have a relationship that few people understand.
Arabic text on:
http://www.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F467EAF9-ABD2-43DB-ADCD-942AA732C3AB
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