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US President Barack Obama vetoes 9/11 bill─── 10:43 Sat, 24 Sep 2016
Washington - US President Barack Obama has vetoed a bill that would have allowed the families of the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks to sue the government of Saudi Arabia.
In a statement accompanying his veto message, Obama said yesterday he had "deep sympathy" for the 9/11 victims' families and their desire to see justice for their relatives but that the bill would be "detrimental to US national interests" and could lead to lawsuits against the US or American officials for actions taken by groups armed, trained or supported by the US.
Saudi Arabia denies involvement in the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon 15 years ago, and has strongly objected to the Bill.
Fifteen of the 19 men who carried out the attacks were Saudi nationals but in a 2003 report, the US government's 9/11 Commission said there was no evidence Saudi Arabia had funded al-Qaeda.
