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The secret section of 9/11 report
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Washington, Aug 1 - Classified sections of US Congress' Sept. 11 report lay out a web of connections among Saudi businessmen, royal family, charities and banks that may have aided Al-Qaeda or the suicide hijackers, according to people who have seen the report.
The report raises the possibility that one or more Saudi men who were connected to some of the hijackers or their acquaintances were tied to Saudi intelligence, the sources said, speaking only on condition of anonymity.
US investigators are setting out anew to determine whether the connections are innocent coincidences in an Islamic culture that urges charitable support or a pattern of pro-terror money and patronage flowing from the wealthy kingdom that is a longtime US ally, according to government officials familiar with those efforts.
Some of the most sensitive information in a 28-page classified section of the report involves what US agencies are doing currently to investigate Saudi business figures and organizations, the officials said.
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