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The New York Times reports (and Yahoo! News repeats without any paywall) that the government of Saudi Arabia is threatening to sell $750 billion in treasury securities and other unidentified assets if Congress passes the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act. The bill would allow foreign governments to be sued by 9/11 victims and their families. The threat was issued by Saudi Arabian foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir to unnamed US lawmakers while he was visiting Washington sometime last month, on the grounds that these assets could be in danger of being frozen by US courts.
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Saudi Arabia Threatens to Sell $750 Billion in US Assets If 9/11 Bill Passes
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Hacking's just another word for nothing left to kludge.
(Score: 2) by q.kontinuum on Sunday April 17 2016, @10:03AM
You realize that the ones suffering would be, once again, the poverty stricken population (due to violence), the western lower- and middle-class (where transport is a substantial part of their monthly expenses, directly and also indirectly through food prices), and the poor bastards sent there to fight later on?
Beneficiaries would be the already rich, because huge changes always provide huge opportunities one way or another, especially when you are one of those manufacturing the changes in the first place and therefore have inside knowledge.
The Saudi royal families will do fine either way.
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