Martin Bright: What did the Saudis know about 7/7?

King Abdullah’s crass intervention has also revealed a greater truth about the relationship between Britain and Saudi Arabia, often described in a lazy piece of diplomatic shorthand as a “partner in the war on terror”. If these two governments failed to co-operate in the months running up to 7 July 2005, then what exactly is the point of this relationship?

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Posted on November 1st, 2007 at 3:38pm under Chicken Nuggets, Human rights, The home front, UK politics

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  1. richard hannay on 01.11.2007 at 23:27 Permalink | Reply

    “Partner in the war on terror”, eh? Is that any relation to our “special relationship” with the United States of Torture?

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