| Princes flew out to Afghanistan to be with bin Laden on hunting trips. So they may have taken out fresh sheets, clean tents, sleeping bags, cell phones, matches, tea, coffee, Swiss chocolates, blank computer disks, wires, knives, guns, ammunition, clothes, hats, blankets, new version of Microsoft Office (probably without paying a license fee),
newspapers and magazines, books, etc.
They may have left this for him or his men. If they did this after his 1998 fatwa declaring war on the US and/or the 1998 embassy attacks, all reported in the newspaper, then by leaving him their supplies they knew they were aiding him in his conspiracy against the United States and to kill Americans. Thus they became fully liable for everything he did even though they didn’t know the plans.
Moreover, the airplanes, airlines, fueling pumps, airports, air traffic control operators, etc. who supported the flights also knew of this and were liable. Thus we get back to UAE and Saudi Arabia. They were liable. They allowed their infrastructure to be used for these flights and this resupply effort. That makes them liable.
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