Moussaoui Calls Saudi Princes Patrons Of Al Qaeda - NYTimes.com

9/11 Co-conspirator Says Saudi Royals Funded Al Qaeda
FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the Sherburne County Sheriff Office, Zacarias Moussaoui is shown. Moussaoui, known as the "20th hijacker" in the 9/11 terror attacks is asking a South Florida federal judge for a transfer to the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The request is part of a rambling, handwritten letter filed Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014, in Miami federal court. He is serving a life prison sentence after pleading guilty in 2005 to conspiring with the Sept. 11 hijackers to kill Americans. Moussaoui has been writing letters to courts around the country from his prison cell in Florence, Colorado, claiming inside knowledge about al-Qaida and the Sept. 11, 2001, plot. The letter filed in Miami repeats some of those claims. (AP Photo/Sherburne County, Minn., Sheriff's Office, File)
FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the Sherburne County Sheriff Office, Zacarias Moussaoui is shown. Moussaoui, known as the "20th hijacker" in the 9/11 terror attacks is asking a South Florida federal judge for a transfer to the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The request is part of a rambling, handwritten letter filed Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014, in Miami federal court. He is serving a life prison sentence after pleading guilty in 2005 to conspiring with the Sept. 11 hijackers to kill Americans. Moussaoui has been writing letters to courts around the country from his prison cell in Florence, Colorado, claiming inside knowledge about al-Qaida and the Sept. 11, 2001, plot. The letter filed in Miami repeats some of those claims. (AP Photo/Sherburne County, Minn., Sheriff's Office, File)

WASHINGTON — In highly unusual testimony inside the federal supermax prison, a former operative for Al Qaeda has described prominent members of Saudi Arabia’s royal family as major donors to the terrorist network in the late 1990s and claimed that he discussed a plan to shoot down Air Force One with a Stinger missile with a staff member at the Saudi Embassy in Washington.

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