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Originally Posted by tesla69

Thats not absolutely true, they hated America's Foreign policy pre 9/11:

1. Support of Israel
2. Control over Saudi royals
3. Support for torturing and decadent govts like Egypt and Iran.

i agree partly with this; al qaeda wants u.s. troops out of saudi arabia, they starting plotting against the u.s. after the gulf war.

now, i don't know that the u.s. leaving saudi arabia & say wihdrawing completely from the middle east, if it were at all possible, would appease them.