posted November 22, 2004 11:18 PM
Gee, I thought it was an article of faith for liberals that it is Bush with ties to the Saudi Royal family. Now it appears that not only didn't the Saudis lower oil prices and increase oil production to get their good buddy Bush reelected, they funded Clinton's library. Nice speaking fee they paid Billy Boy too. Monday, Nov. 22, 2004 1:47 p.m. EST
Saudis, Arabs Bankrolled Clinton Library
The names of most of the 113,000 donors to Bill Clinton's presidential library remain a closely guarded secret, but a new report claims that the facility was heavily funded by the Saudi royal family and other wealthy Arabs.
According to Monday's New York Sun, the $165 million complex was funded in part by gifts of $1 million or more each from the Saudi royals and three Saudi businessmen.
The governments of Dubai, Kuwait and Qatar and the deputy prime minister of Lebanon also appear to have donated $1 million or more for the archive and museum that opened last week, the paper said.
News of the Saudi cash infusions confirms a report by columnist Robert Novak, who revealed in 2003 that the Saudis had pledged up to $20 million to help build the Clinton facility.
In January 2002, Clinton traveled to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to speak before a conference of Middle Eastern businessmen organized by the Saudi BinLaden Group, the powerful construction conglomerate run by the family of Osama bin Laden.
Clinton was paid $267,000 for his appearance, according to reports in the Financial Times and Middle Eastern news services.
The Sun used a database at the library that lists 57 donors as "Trustees" - people who gave $1 million or more to help build the facility - to track the Middle Eastern contributions.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/11/22/134848.shtml