Saudi King claims UK terror attacks could have been prevented

It's easy to make a claim like this, but does he back it up? Saudi King Abdullah says "Saudi officials passed intelligence about the attacks to the U.K. before they happened" that could have prevented the attacks.

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, arriving in London today for talks with Prime Minister Gordon Brown, said British officials failed to act on information that could have prevented the attacks on London in July 2005.

Abdullah, in an interview with the BBC at his palace in Jeddah, said Saudi officials passed intelligence about the attacks to the U.K. before they happened. He didn't give details.

``Most countries are not taking this issue too seriously, including, unfortunately, Great Britain,'' Abdullah said in an interview broadcast on BBC Radio 4. ``We have sent information to Great Britain before the terrorist attack, but unfortunately no action was taken. It may have been able to avert the tragedy.''

At least 56 people were killed when four separate explosions ripped through London subway trains and a bus during the morning rush hour on July 7, 2005. British officials have said since then that they had no advance warning. (Bloomberg)

The Amboy Times calls it "Taqiyya, plain and simple." More from The Amboy Times:

I'm surprised King Abdullah has time to rat out anyone with all the terrorism he's exporting. It's time for the West to wake and smell the jihad.

"There is so much more stuff about Saudi government involvement, it would blow people's minds."

Sen. Bob Graham of Florida, a Democratic presidential candidate who co-chaired the congressional inquiry, is blunt in describing a role by at least some parts of the Saudi government. Without referring to the Saudis by name, he told U.S. News: "The reality is that the foreign government was much more directly involved in not only the financing but the provision of support--transportation, housing, and introduction to a network which gave support to the terrorists." He says "scores" of contacts occurred between 9/11 hijackers and operatives of "foreign" officials. "They were not rogue agents," he says, but "were being directed by persons of significant responsibility within the government."

Some of us wouldn't be so surprised.

Common Sense and Wonder has two words, "Unmitigated gall." That sums it up perfectly. King Abdullah says "Britain is not doing enough to fight terrorism", that "Britain failed to act" to prevent the attacks, AND:

BBC world affairs correspondent John Simpson says King Abdullah is annoyed that the rest of the world has largely failed to act on his proposal for a UN clearing house for information about terrorism. (BBC)

The United Nations? Again Common Sense Wonder sees the situation clearly:

Somehow I think he knows that the UN would just transfer any information it gets directly to the terrorists.

Joshua Pundit says, "Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah takes the prize for unmitigated gall this week."

(Of course, that time period [20 -30 years] could be cut significantly if the Saudis stopped funding it, as well as the wahabi ideology that promotes it. Just a thought.) (more)

It proves King Abdullah has a sense of humor. Surely he meant this interview as "satire".

Other reading:
Ted Nugent at Ft. Sam Houston…, Texas Fred
Syria Forging U.S. Government Documents?, The Yankee Sailor
Litigation Jihad! Sueing Anti-CAIR Leader into Submission, Atlas Shrugs
Goose Creek Two update: Judge denies Megahed bail request, Michelle Malkin
The Violent Oppression of Women in Islam, Fort Hard Knox
Anti-Islam Activists Beaten Bloody In Attempt to Murder, Gateway Pundit

Comments

[Debbie]

Kevin: Thank you, great catch and you are so right. Lies, all lies. I hope everyone sees this for what it is.

[kevin]

Thanks for the mention Debbie, I returned the favor.