Tuesday, September 07, 2004

Bush muzzled Saudi links post 9/11, says a new book

US President George Bush muzzled his links with the Saudi royal family after the 9/11 air attacks, senator Bob Graham has written in his new book "Intelligence Matters".
The book further says that the White House blacked out 28 pages of a report that dealt with the purported links between the Saudis and the hijackers,
After 9/11 the Bush administration had engaged in a "cover-up" to protect its 'ally', The Independent quoted Graham as writing in his book.
Graham writes that Bush and his senior officials "coddled" the Saudi authorities and waged a war against Saddam Hussein by diverting resources from the hunt for the al-Qaeda.

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