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Search results for "Saudi Arabia" ...
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Project Simoom
Our investigation "Project Simoom" revealed how the Swedish government in secret helped Saudi Arabia with the planning of an advanced weapons factory. In order to hide the plans from the public a state agency set up an illegal dummy corporation formed with cash from the military intelligence service to handle the project with the saudis. Our disclosure forced the Defence minister Sten Tolgfors and his staff to resign, and stopped the construction of the weapons factory, the investigation has won several awards including the number one broadcast award in Europe "Prix Europa"
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The Oil Kings
The Oil Kings is a new investigative history of U.S. relations with Iran and Saudi Arabia during the 1970s, with a special focus on former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's complex and secretive dealings with Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran.
Tags: oil kings; iran; saudi arabia; henry kissinger; oil
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Terrorists in Love
The book profiles six radical Muslim men from Pakistan, Afhganistan and Saudi Arabia and reveals their mystical dreams and visions, sexual repression and crumbling family structures.
Tags: terrorism; Islam; Pakistan; Afghanistan; Saudi Arabia
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"Black Money"
This investigative report reveals that a "trillion dollars in bribes," are paid each year regardless of an international anti-bribery treaty that is in place. The bribes, also known as "black money," are used by "multinational companies" to get overseas business. The bribes cause a break in the "stability of governments" and "distort the marketplace."
Tags: Margaret Thatcher; British Aerospace; Department of Justice; Saudi Arabia; bribery; bribes; World Bank; Securities and Exchange Commission; Jimmy Carter
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Inside Gitmo
"Speaking publicly for the first time, senior U.S. law enforcement investigators say they waged a long but futile battle inside the Pentagon to stop coercive and degrading treatment of detainees by intelligence interrogators at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba."
Tags: Abu Ghraib; Navy; Army; military; prisoner; terrorism; hijack; Mohammed al-Qahtani; Saudi Arabia; Alberto R. Gonzales; interrogation; torture; Guantanamo
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Jaded Tasks: Brass Plates, Black Ops, & Big Oil
The details of how the September 11,2001 attacks were caused in part by America's economic and intelligence associations with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Madsen looks into how George W. Bush used private militaries to conduct his "new world order."
Tags: George Bush; Rwanda; covert operations; FOIA; Septemeber 11; Iraq; terrorism; mass destruction; intelligence agency; Pakistan; Saudi Arabia; politics
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Unsafe at Any Altitude
Authors Susan and Joseph Trento assert the failings of the government to protect U.S. citizens from terrorism before and after 9/11. This includes an "inept" Transportation Security Administration which is not receiving a proper no-fly list from federal agencies, relying on information from Saudi Arabia regarding al-Qaeda, and alliances with groups that are now adversaries, that helped lead to 9/11.
Tags: Terrorism; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); commercial airlines; no-fly list; a-Qaeda; Bush Administration; Sept. 11, 2001
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Kingdom on the Brink
Following the kidnapping and beheading of Paul Johnson, CNN investigates terrorist incidents in Saudi Arabia. By interviewing a number of different Saudis, from working class to the royal family, this investigation tells the story through the eyes of the people who live it. Despite language and security difficulties, the story looks at the changing world of the Saudis, Islam and how the royal family struggles to crack down on al Qaeda militants.
Tags: Saudi Arabia; Osama bin Laden; military; al Quaeda; Saudi royal family; Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Alsaud; Islam; September 11
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The Royal Treatment
While their countries suffer from conflict and civil unrest, some of Saudi Arabia's most prestigious princes are living it up on the French Riviera. According to this investigation, instead of dealing with the violent attacks on their country, these men were on vacation and involved with drug smuggling, prostitution and violence.
Tags: Saudi Royal family; Riyadh; violence
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"Terrorism Investigations"
This extensive 11-story investigation of terrorism in the U.S. deals a spectrum of issues ranging from suspected terrorists who were granted U.S. citizenship to links formed between Al Qaeda and Saudi Arabia. The first story in the series looks at how easy it is for suspected terrorists to gain U.S. citizenship due to "bureaucratic incompetence and turf wars." The next story looks at how some have slipped under the radar of the U.S. and United Nations' effort to freeze terrorists' funds. Another story investigates Gen. William "Jerry" Boykin, head of a Pentagon unit hunting for Osama Bin Laden, as he makes derogatory statements about Islam in U.S. churches. NBC News also looks at "how war in Iraq drained resources from the hunt for Bin Laden."
Tags: Gen. William "Jerry" Boykin's resignation; Osama Bin Laden; Saddam Hussein; RC-135 spy planes; Hellfire missles; Al Qaeda; P-Tech; Inc.; Abdurahman Alamoudi; U.S. Military Muslim Chaplin Program