6/2/2004

“In June [2] 2004, the Saudi ambassador to the United States [Prince Bandar Bin Sultan] called publicly–in the Saudi press–for his government to wage a jihad of its own against the terrorists. ‘We must all, as a state and as a people, recognize the truth about these criminals,’ he declared, ‘[i]f we do not declare a general mobilization–we will lose this war on terrorism.’ ”

 – 9/11 Commission, The 9/11 Commission Report, Pages 373-374