Saudi threat over 9/11 bill spurs uproar on eve of Obama visit

WASHINGTON – Ahead of President Barack Obama's jaunt to Saudi Arabia this week, the Persian Gulf nation laid down a threat last week. The Arab kingdom demanded the defeat a bipartisan bill pending in Congress that would let families of Sept. 11 victims sue the government in Riyadh over any role it may have had in aiding the terrorists in that attack or face the sell off of $750 billion in American assets, mainly debt issued by the U.S. Treasury.

WASHINGTON – Ahead of President Barack Obama's jaunt to Saudi Arabia this week, the Persian Gulf nation laid down a threat last week. The Arab kingdom demanded the defeat a bipartisan bill pending in Congress that would let families of Sept. 11 victims sue the government in Riyadh over any role it may have had in aiding the terrorists in that attack or face the sell off of $750 billion in American assets, mainly debt issued by the U.S. Treasury.…