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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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.
Twenty-five years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a new revelation has emerged. A BBC investigation has uncovered new video footage involving Omar al-Bayoumi. In it, Bayumi is seen with al-Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki. The two are seen playing paintball and chatting. An official from Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Islamic Affairs was also present.
After 25 years, 9/11 suspect's al-Qaeda, Saudi links emerge; FBI never pursued him
Previously unseen footage shows Omar al-Bayoumi with Anwar al-Awlaki and Saudi-linked officials near San Diego, according to a BBC. The material, now part of the 9/11 families' lawsuit, has raised fresh questions about why key evidence gathered by the FBI was not fully pursued.
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