© AP Photo/Sherburne County, Minn., Sheriff’s Office, FileIn this undated file photo provided by the Sherburne County Sheriff Office, Zacarias Moussaoui is shown
A man known as the "20th hijacker" who is serving a life sentence for his admitted role in conspiring to murder Americans in the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001 has come forward with some shocking new allegations, claiming that a Saudi Arabian royal helped fund the devastating terror events.
Zacarias Moussaoui, 46, has said, more specifically, that a Saudi prince paid to train him and the 19 hijackers in the time leading up to the attacks.
He issued these allegations in recently filed federal court documents, alleging that the prince was fully aware that the training was being done on behalf ofOsama bin Laden, according to the
Daily Mail.
"I am ready to testify about all the above and more in your court in an Open Hearing that I request,"
Moussaoui said in a handwritten court document dated October 23.
According to his account, Prince Turki Al Faisal AlSaud met with him, provided him with funding and also financially assisted the other 19 Sept. 11 terrorists.Moussaoui also detailed an alleged Al Qaeda plan to shoot down Air Force One when Bill Clinton was in office - a purported plot that he said involved an employee at one of Saudi Arabia's embassies, according to
the Oklahoman.
The Saudi government has denied any involvement in the 9/11 attacks in the past and some say that Moussaoui's own credibility is at issue in taking his claims at face value, especially considering that a defense psychologist
once said he suffers from delusions as a result of paranoid schizophrenia.
Still, this isn't the first time Saudi Arabia has been accused of involvement in the Sept. 11 attacks.
Comment: And what of the use of drones to commit war crimes and murder people?! Apparently, the UK surveillance state is okay with that.