[dingaling]

> Yet most of the 9/11 attackers came from Saudi Arabia. Why is it not on this list?

Regarding those attacks, Al Qaeda deliberately sourced the majority of the attackers from Saudi Arabia because the strategy at the time was to drive a wedge between that country and the USA.

The response to that tactic was quite clever, between April and August 2003 the USA moved its based military forces from Saudia Arabia to Bahrain. On the face of it this seemed to meet one of Al Qaeda's primary demands and seemed to validate their choice of attackers' nationality, but it actually served the Saudi Royals very well in that it pulled the rug from under those in their country who were leaning towards Al Qaeda's message of 'occupation'.

The USA and KSA still have very cordial relations so there's no realy surprise as to why it's not on the list.

[mcguire]

Then there's that oil thing.