The personal injury and wrongful death suit, filed in US District Court in Manhattan, portrays Saudi Arabia as an essential player in funding al-Qaeda from start to finish in the attacks on September 11, 2001 that killed nearly 3000 people in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.

Saudi Arabia used “state-run” groups to funnel money to the terrorist organisation and directed government employees, including diplomats, to help the 19 hijackers once they landed in the United States, according to the complaint.

Saudi Arabia funded safe houses for the hijackers, supplied them with bogus travel documents, weapons, cash and equipment — “all of which enabled al-Qaida to conduct the September 11th Attacks,” the complaint stated.

“We’re finally going to get our day in court,” said retired FDNY fire chief James Riches of Brooklyn, who is among the plaintiffs in the lawsuit.

Saudi Arabia has said all along they are a friend of the west, now hopefully we will learn the truth.

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