With Gas Station’s Closing, a Fuel Desert Expands in Manhattan
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/16/nyregion/a-gas-station-closes-in-soho-making-lower-manhattan-a-gasoline-desert.html
With Gas Station’s Closing, a Fuel Desert Expands in Manhattan
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/16/nyregion/a-gas-station-closes-in-soho-making-lower-manhattan-a-gasoline-desert.html
Saudi Arabia Warns of Economic Fallout if Congress Passes 9/11 Bill - The New York Times
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/16/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-warns-ofeconomic-fallout-if-congress-passes-9-11-bill.html?hp
Saudi Arabia has told the Obama administration and members of Congress that it will sell off hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of American assets held by the kingdom if Congress passes a bill that would allow the Saudi government to be held responsible in American courts for any role in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
A croire que je fais une fixette sur les Saoudiens, mais celle nouvelle est de taille !
De Defensa commente, très bien comme presque toujours... ►http://www.dedefensa.org/article/les-28-pages-en-tete-de-page
Saudi Arabia Warns of Economic Fallout if Congress Passes 9/11 Bill
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/16/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-warns-ofeconomic-fallout-if-congress-passes-9-11-bill.html
WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia has told the Obama administration and members of Congress that it will sell off hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of American assets held by the kingdom if Congress passes a bill that would allow the Saudi government to be held responsible in American courts for any role in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
The Obama administration has lobbied Congress to block the bill’s passage, according to administration officials and congressional aides from both parties, and the Saudi threats have been the subject of intense discussions in recent weeks between lawmakers and officials from the State Department and the Pentagon. The officials have warned senators of diplomatic and economic fallout from the legislation.
Adel al-Jubeir, the Saudi foreign minister, delivered the kingdom’s message personally last month during a trip to Washington, telling lawmakers that Saudi Arabia would be forced to sell up to $750 billion in treasury securities and other assets in the United States before they could be in danger of being frozen by American courts.
C’est vraiment énorme. En même temps l’article n’explicite jamais clairement la question évidente : pourquoi les Seoudiens se sentent-ils aussi menacés par ce texte au point de menacer d’utiliser l’arme atomique financière ? Je veux dire : s’ils ne sont pour rien dans le 11 Septembre...
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Lindsey Graham blocks Saudi 9/11 bill
▻http://thehill.com/policy/international/276836-graham-blocking-saudi-9-11-bill-over-fears-of-blowback
“I want to make sure that anything we do doesn’t come to bite us,” Graham told reporters in the basement of the Senate.
Senator Says He May Back Bill Exposing Saudis to 9/11 Lawsuits
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/20/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-september-11-lindsey-graham.html
Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, said in an interview on Tuesday that he would drop his opposition to the bill — predicting it could pass the Senate next week — if the sponsors of the legislation agreed to changes that he believed were important to protect American interests abroad. He did not specify what changes he was requesting.