Coup in Saudi, King Fahd flees to Switzerland, Fundamentalists take power, U.S. Military thrown out, Arab Coalition Collapses, Attack Delayed - 9/11

Fri, 2 Jul 2021 23:25:48 GMT

The United States has delayed the start of its offensive against Afghanistan and Osama Bin Laden, in retaliation for the terrorist strikes in New York and Washington, because of a dramatic turnaround of Arab support in the Middle East, DEBKAfile ’s Gulf and Washington sources report. Saturday afternoon, it became clear that events in Riyadh had dealt the final deathblow to the US Secretary of State, Colin Powell’s failed efforts to create an Arab front to bolster the Bush administration’s world war on terror.