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U.S. PANEL URGES NEW TIES WITH SAUDIS


WASHINGTON [MENL] -- A presidential commission that examined the Al Qaida suicide strikes on New York and Washington in 2001 has urged a revision of U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia.

The report by the commission also cited an Al Qaida plot to attack Israel with a fighter-jet from the Saudi Air Force. The plot was not executed.

The commission that investigated the Sept. 11, 2001 Al Qaida strikes against the United States did not cite any involvement by the Saudi royal family. The report did not find any evidence of Saudi government financing or operational aid to Al Qaida.

But the 10-member bipartisan commission termed Saudi Arabia a "problematic ally" in the war against Al Qaida and aligned groups.

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