Saudi Arabien

[Shahab3]

@Erich
Die amerikanische Führung weiß sehr wohl was sie tut. Nach dem Angriff auf die USS Cole vor der Küste Jemens hat man umgehend die Sudanesische Regierung verantwortlich gemacht. Nach 9/11 waren es die Taliban und Saddam Hussein, usw.. Es war fast unmöglich Saudi Arabien noch gezielter zu "übersehen". Insofern war es bis dato US Doktrin, ihren Terror nicht nur zu dulden, sondern diesen Bezug auch systematisch zu vertuschen:

Vice President Richard B. Cheney
“I think it s important first of all to recognize that we ve had a very good relationship with the Saudis now for about 60 years. ...Certainly, the Saudi government had absolutely nothing to do with the events of 9/11.”
- August 7, 2002

Secretary of State Colin Powell
“The Saudis have been responsive on all of the things that we have asked them to do.”
- October 31, 2001

“Saudi Arabia has been prominent among the countries acting against the accounts of terrorist organizations ... and I am delighted that Saudi Arabia ...has just ratified the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism.”
- November 7, 2001

“The Saudis have been good hosts and our troops have been good guests. I know that Secretary Rumsfeld is constantly looking at the footprint of what forces we have out there, but in my conversations with the Saudi leaders, ...just about four of five days ago with Prince Saud, I ve had no suggestions from them that [they] were about to ask us to leave.”
- January 20, 2002

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
“They [Saudi Arabia] have been cooperative. We have troops there. We have bases there. We are currently using that facility for some of the responsibilities we had for the United Nations to fly with coalition forces in Operation Southern Watch in Iraq.”
- April 26, 2002

Defense Department
“Saudi Arabia is a long-standing friend and ally of the United States. The Saudis cooperate fully in the global war on terrorism and have the Department s and the Administration s deep appreciation.”
-Victoria Clarke on August 6, 2002

Department of State

“ We re very satisfied with Saudi cooperation. They ve been with us in many areas of this coalition and many of the steps that need to be taken. You know, they ve helped to isolate the Taliban diplomatically. They ve worked with us on a number of military requests that we ve had. And we re working together in the financial area as well. So we re very satisfied with the cooperation. We ve found that they ve been together on everything we ve asked.”
-Richard Boucher on October 11, 2001

“We are very satisfied with our cooperation with Saudi Arabia. They ve agreed to everything we ve asked of them in our campaign against terrorism.”
-Philip Reeker on October 15, 2001

“I think we ve continued to have very good cooperation, to be fully satisfied with Saudi Arabia as we work together on the important financial aspect of the war against terrorism.”
-Philip Reeker on April 3, 2002

“I m very satisfied that the Saudi government is doing everything that we ve asked them to do in regard to the campaign against terrorism.”
-Francis X. Taylor on April 22, 2002

“We have been very satisfied with Saudi cooperation, a wide variety of areas, whether it s financial or law enforcement or other matters.”
-Richard Boucher on June 18, 2002

“The United States and Saudi Arabia enjoy excellent relations. We share a broad array of interests, including a common vision of peace, stability and prosperity in the region. We re pleased that we ve been able to expand this relationship to include common efforts against the threat of international terrorism. The Saudi government has cooperated in the international campaign against terrorism, and we welcome steps taken by Saudi Arabia to help combat the problem of terrorism financing, an important aspect of our war on terrorism globally.”
-Philip Reeker on August 6, 2002

“Again, as we ve said many times, U.S.-Saudi counterterrorism cooperation has been very solid, and we have every expectation to believe that that will continue.”
-Philip Reeker on August 12, 2002

“I think we ve been quite clear about the support that Saudi Arabia has given to us in terms of being a strong friend and ally in the war against terrorism, that we ve been fully and very satisfied with the support we ve gotten from Saudi Arabia in the many aspects of this war against terrorism - the financial aspects, the intelligence and information-sharing, the law enforcement actions in doing that.”
-Philip Reeker on August 15, 2002

White House
“Saudi Arabia has been helpful across the board in areas dealing with financing [and] the President is very pleased with the cooperation of the Saudi government.”
-Ari Fleischer on November 19, 2001

“The President believes the current arrangements are working and working well. (Bush) thanked Saudi Arabia for their friendship, cooperation and help and emphasized the mutual goal of bringing peace to the Middle East.”
-Ari Fleischer on January 18, 2002

“We re going to continue to work cooperatively with the Saudis on a host of issues. The Saudi cooperation has been strong and we ll continue to work with them.”
-Ari Fleischer on June 19, 2002

“Saudi Arabia is a long-standing friend and a long-standing ally... We very much appreciate the way they are cooperating in the global war against terrorism.”
-Scott McClellan on August 6, 2002

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