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Transcript: Analysis: Saudi Arabia's sensitivity about the country's ties to Osama bin Laden
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- NPR All Things Considered
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- December 20, 2001
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Analysis: Saudi Arabia's sensitivity about the country's ties to Osama
bin Laden
Host: LINDA WERTHEIMER
Time: 9:00-10:00 PM
LINDA WERTHEIMER, host:
The Osama bin Laden videotape released by the United States last week
has raised new questions about the al-Qaeda leader's Saudi connections.
Bin Laden is from Saudi Arabia, although his citizenship was revoked
in 1994. Fifteen of the 19 September 11th hijackers were Saudis.
A Saudi national is featured in the tape with bin Laden, and the audio
portion mentions five Saudi clerics. But Saudi officials say the implications
should not be exaggerated. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports.
VICKY O'HARA reporting: ...