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BAE: secret papers reveal threats from Saudi prince

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BAE: secret papers reveal threats from Saudi prince | World news | The Guardian
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Saudi Arabia's rulers threatened to make it easier for terrorists to attack London unless corruption investigations into their arms deals were halted, according to court documents revealed yesterday.

Previously secret files describe how investigators were told they faced "another 7/7" and the loss of "British lives on British streets" if they pressed on with their inquiries and the Saudis carried out their threat to cut off intelligence.

Prince Bandar, the head of the Saudi national security council, and son of the crown prince, was alleged in court to be the man behind the threats to hold back information about suicide bombers and terrorists. He faces accusations that he himself took more than £1bn in secret payments from the arms company BAE.

He was accused in yesterday's high court hearings of flying to London in December 2006 and uttering threats which made the prime minister, Tony Blair, force an end to the Serious Fraud Office investigation into bribery allegations involving Bandar and his family.

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So here we get a little taste of the Saudis in action. Perhaps now we have an inkling of what may have gone on behind the scenes after 9/11. With 15 of the 19 hijackers coming from S.A., and a direct trail of financing leading back there as well, it was always highly suspicious that these link were never seriously investigated.

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