The TRILLIAN dollar question.

October 19, 2003 9:29 PM

The TRILLIAN dollar question.Will the Saudi Royal family recieve diplomatic immunity for helping finance Osama and Al Qaeda all these years? A lawsuit filed by 9/11 victims last year which demands reparations from the Saudis will come to a close next week. Background story here: Evidently there's precedent for pay-out.
posted by skallas (12 comments total)

Yeah, but what does it have to do with Douglas Adams or IM client software?
posted by nagrommit at 9:34 PM on October 19, 2003

(nagrommit beat me to it ... lol)
posted by 11235813 at 9:36 PM on October 19, 2003

Reports of links to al-Qaida spark libel boom: Saudis turn to claimant-friendly English courts to clear their names over allegations that they helped to finance Osama bin Laden.
posted by homunculus at 9:48 PM on October 19, 2003

Did the Saudis know about 9/11? A new book claims that Saudi princes and a Pakistani official knew Osama bin Laden would strike America that day. But some critics say the whole story could be a neoconservative fabrication.
posted by homunculus at 9:50 PM on October 19, 2003

Bush won't let it happen--wouldn't he have to release documents connected to the 9/11 investigation for the families to prove their case?
posted by amberglow at 9:51 PM on October 19, 2003

I think you're looking for "Trillion"
posted by delmoi at 10:06 PM on October 19, 2003

I think it would be difficult for the Saudi govt. to accept culpability. If they were to say "we were partly responsible", where would it end?
posted by rudyfink at 10:31 PM on October 19, 2003

I join the ranks: I thought for a brief moment Google had bought Cerulean Studios.
posted by nthdegx at 3:35 AM on October 20, 2003

"It's a core government function and not something a public official can be hauled into court for,"

I am waiting to hear the WH spin on how the friendly Saudi Arabia officially financed 9-11. Surely there must be a perfectly innocent explanation for it.
posted by magullo at 5:29 AM on October 20, 2003

trillian?
posted by hama7 at 7:28 AM on October 20, 2003

It helps if you read these articles while the sponge-bob squarepants theme song is repeating in your head.
posted by Trik at 12:12 PM on October 20, 2003

Pakistan-Saudi trade nuke tech for oil
posted by homunculus at 2:24 PM on October 21, 2003