BBC Uncovers Videos Linking 9/11 Suspect to Extremists, Saudi Officials
Previously unseen footage shows Bayoumi with Anwar al-Awlaki and Saudi officials, while a $1 trillion lawsuit says the videos support claims of Saudi complicity.
- On Friday, the BBC published declassified videos and documents linking Omar al-Bayoumi to al-Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki and Saudi officials, contradicting his 25 years of denials that he was an extremist.
- Following his arrest in Birmingham on September 21, 2001, British police seized critical evidence including a plane diagram with flight calculations that lawyer Jodi Westbrook Flowers called 'the smoking gun.'
- FBI agents in Los Angeles faced significant internal resistance investigating Bayoumi's Saudi government contacts. Steve Moore, who oversaw the investigation, stated, 'We hit a roadblock so hard, I think we all had airbag burns.'
- Although the 9/11 Commission cleared Bayoumi in 2004, newly released files reveal investigators were denied access to critical evidence now central to a $1 trillion lawsuit against Saudi Arabia.
- A 2021 presidential order prompted eventual declassification of these files, revealing previously undisclosed links to extremist training and reflecting the ongoing struggle of 9/11 families to access the full evidentiary record.
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EL NACIONALImages and other evidence the FBI did not share cast doubt on Omar al-Bayoumi's statement of innocence for 25 years.
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VijestiThe latest tapes and other evidence not shared by the FBI call into question Omar al-Bayumi's 25 years of denial of responsibility for the terrorist attack on America.
Bayoumi sitting in his office in a mosque in San Diego, which he founded with money from Saudi donors and support from the Ministry of Islamic Affairs SDNY via BBC The man at the center of a $1 trillion process driven by relatives of the victims of the attacks of September 11, 2001 had extensive connections with authorities of the government of Saudi Arabia and participated in paintball matches with one of the future leaders of al-Qaeda, reveal …
This article was originally published on Cedarnews.net. For more news and exclusive reports, visit our website. For 25 years, Omar al-Bayoumi has denied being an extremist or a Saudi spy. But videos and other evidence reveal connections that have raised renewed questions about his alleged role in the 9/11 attacks. This story was published on the Cedarnews website. For more breaking news and exclusive reports, visit our official website.
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