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(9,656 posts)t was Prince Bandars intelligence agency that first alerted Western allies to the alleged use of sarin gas by the Syrian regime in February.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/syria-the-saudi-connection-the-prince-with-close-ties-to-washington-at-the-heart-of-the-push-for-war-8785049.html
Now if you don't remember him then
Iran/Contra Prince Bandar
He was exposed for his involvement in the Iran-Contra scandal. He had arranged $32 million in Saudi financing for the Nicaraguan Contras. Nancy Reagan used him to relay messages to the Cabinet
He was also the bagman for the Iran-Contra deal, transferring American money to the Iranians during this controversial episode in American history.
911/ Prince Bandar
A Saudi named Omar al-Bayoumi housed and opened bank accounts for two of the 9/11 hijackers. About two weeks after the assistance began, al-Bayoumis wife began receiving monthly payments totaling tens of thousands of dollars from Princess Haifa bint Faisal, the wife of Saudi ambassador and Bush family confidant, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, through a Riggs bank account. (Jonathan Bush, uncle of President George W. Bush, was an executive at Riggs Bank during this period.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riggs_Bank
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2011/08/9-11-2011-201108