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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Robert Tait in Washington

Newly released video shows Saudi man filming locations ahead of 9/11 attacks

A rescue helicopter surveys damage to the Pentagon
A rescue helicopter surveys damage to the Pentagon as firefighters battle flames after an airplane crashed into it on 11 September 2001. Photograph: Larry Downing/Reuters

A 25-year-old video has come to light of a man identified by the FBI as a Saudi intelligence agent filming locations in the center of Washington three months before Al-Qaida decided to carry out the 9/11 attacks.

The footage, shot in the summer of 1999 and in the possession of the FBI, was unsealed in a court action by families of the victims of 9/11, who claim that Saudi Arabia’s government was complicit in the event, which the country’s rulers deny. It was obtained by CBS and shown on the 60 Minutes program.

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