9/11: The Saudi Connection - BBC World Service Documentaries

Twenty-five years after the 9/11 attacks killed almost 3,000 people, tens of thousands of newly released documents are shedding fresh light on the claim that individuals working for the Saudi government might have been involved.

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Panorama and #BBCEye investigate the role of Omar al-Bayoumi, who helped the first two hijackers after they arrived in America. A US judge has found that he could have been an agent working on the instructions of the Saudi government – something he, and Saudi Arabia, have always denied.

After being arrested by British police and held for seven days, al-Bayoumi was released and allowed to return to Saudi Arabia. But Jane McMullen, reporting for Panorama, explores whether UK officers and FBI agents had access to all the available evidence against him. She uncovers never-before-broadcast video footage, hears from people close to the case who have never spoken before and asks why significant evidence remained hidden for so long.

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00:00 The BBC’s core 9/11 question
05:06 Tom Strada’s call: “The building’s been hit by an airplane”
06:59 What happened on 9/11?
09:01 Who masterminded the 9/11 attacks?
10:57 Two Saudi men linked to the 9/11 attacks
12:16 Who helped the Saudi hijackers in the US?
12:35 Omar al-Bayoumi’s home videos
13:29 Hijackers’ landlady speaks to the BBC
14:04 What was Omar al-Bayoumi like?
14:39 The hijackers’ link to Omar al-Bayoumi
16:46 Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar
17:39 A Birmingham arrest and the 9/11 connection
18:29 The Metropolitan Police interview al-Bayoumi
21:58 The FBI investigates Omar al-Bayoumi
24:54 Al-Bayoumi hosts two 9/11 hijackers
27:43 Terry Strada tells her children their father has been killed
28:52 Al-Bayoumi’s links to extremists
31:19 Saudi Arabia at the time of 9/11
33:49 Al-Bayoumi and the Saudi government
37:57 Was there enough evidence to extradite al-Bayoumi?
40:04 George W. Bush, Prince Bandar and US-Saudi ties
49:18 New evidence in the investigation of Omar al-Bayoumi
52:42 Al-Bayoumi’s plane-impact diagram
55:49 Official responses

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