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@ecopraire @lovetogive2 @loonyberg @CBartlett1963 @YDanasmithdutra @ninaandtito @MsMariaT @kelly2277 @WZRichard @ibewtraveler @RighteousBabe4 @Stephaniefishm4 @ThomasS4217 @MountainsStars @ItIsIMack @Ex67T20 @MelissaJPeltier @DerWouter @MingGao26 @gregolear @craigunger @DirkSchwenk @911CORLEBRA777 @ellyn_gesell @karolcummins @IndivisibleCA39 @RepEdRoyce @mopeng @20committee Carlyle <thread>:
1/ "Carlyle's 2001 investor conference took place on September 11, 2001. In the weeks following the meeting, it was reported that Shafiq bin Laden, a member of the Bin Laden family, had been the 'guest of honor'... (con't)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carly…

@ecopraire @lovetogive2 @loonyberg @CBartlett1963 @YDanasmithdutra @ninaandtito @MsMariaT @kelly2277 @WZRichard @ibewtraveler @RighteousBabe4 @Stephaniefishm4 @ThomasS4217 @MountainsStars @ItIsIMack @Ex67T20 @MelissaJPeltier @DerWouter @MingGao26 @gregolear @craigunger @DirkSchwenk @911CORLEBRA777 @ellyn_gesell @karolcummins @IndivisibleCA39 @RepEdRoyce @mopeng @20committee 2/ ...and that they were investors in Carlyle managed funds. Later reports confirmed that the Bin Laden family had invested $2 million into Carlyle's $1.3 billion Carlyle Partners II Fund in 1995, making the family relatively small investors with the firm. (con't)

@ecopraire @lovetogive2 @loonyberg @CBartlett1963 @YDanasmithdutra @ninaandtito @MsMariaT @kelly2277 @WZRichard @ibewtraveler @RighteousBabe4 @Stephaniefishm4 @ThomasS4217 @MountainsStars @ItIsIMack @Ex67T20 @MelissaJPeltier @DerWouter @MingGao26 @gregolear @craigunger @DirkSchwenk @911CORLEBRA777 @ellyn_gesell @karolcummins @IndivisibleCA39 @RepEdRoyce @mopeng @20committee 3/ ...However, their overall investment might have been considerably larger, w/the $2 million committed in 1995 only being an initial contribution that grew over time⤵️. These connections would later be profiled in Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 911." (more)
wsj.com/articles/SB100…

@ecopraire @lovetogive2 @loonyberg @CBartlett1963 @YDanasmithdutra @ninaandtito @MsMariaT @kelly2277 @WZRichard @ibewtraveler @RighteousBabe4 @Stephaniefishm4 @ThomasS4217 @MountainsStars @ItIsIMack @Ex67T20 @MelissaJPeltier @DerWouter @MingGao26 @gregolear @craigunger @DirkSchwenk @911CORLEBRA777 @ellyn_gesell @karolcummins @IndivisibleCA39 @RepEdRoyce @mopeng @20committee 4/ This site⤵️ claims to provide text of paywalled WSJ Sep 27, 2001:
"a foreign financier w/ties to the bin Laden family says the family's overall investment w/Carlyle is considerably larger. He called the $2 million merely an initial contribution." (more)
wanttoknow.info/010927wallstre…

@ecopraire @lovetogive2 @loonyberg @CBartlett1963 @YDanasmithdutra @ninaandtito @MsMariaT @kelly2277 @WZRichard @ibewtraveler @RighteousBabe4 @Stephaniefishm4 @ThomasS4217 @MountainsStars @ItIsIMack @Ex67T20 @MelissaJPeltier @DerWouter @MingGao26 @gregolear @craigunger @DirkSchwenk @911CORLEBRA777 @ellyn_gesell @karolcummins @IndivisibleCA39 @RepEdRoyce @mopeng @20committee 5/ Oct 2003 by @craigunger: h/t @kelly2277 @ThomasS4217
"Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the 52-year-old Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States, had been in Washington orchestrating the exodus of about 140 Saudis scattered throughout the country...
vanityfair.com/news/2003/10/s…

@ecopraire @lovetogive2 @loonyberg @CBartlett1963 @YDanasmithdutra @ninaandtito @MsMariaT @kelly2277 @WZRichard @ibewtraveler @RighteousBabe4 @Stephaniefishm4 @ThomasS4217 @MountainsStars @ItIsIMack @Ex67T20 @MelissaJPeltier @DerWouter @MingGao26 @gregolear @craigunger @DirkSchwenk @911CORLEBRA777 @ellyn_gesell @karolcummins @IndivisibleCA39 @RepEdRoyce @mopeng @20committee 6/ ...who were members of, or close to, two enormous families. One was the House of Saud, the family that rules the Royal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and that, owing to its vast oil reserves, is the richest family in the world. (con't)

@ecopraire @lovetogive2 @loonyberg @CBartlett1963 @YDanasmithdutra @ninaandtito @MsMariaT @kelly2277 @WZRichard @ibewtraveler @RighteousBabe4 @Stephaniefishm4 @ThomasS4217 @MountainsStars @ItIsIMack @Ex67T20 @MelissaJPeltier @DerWouter @MingGao26 @gregolear @craigunger @DirkSchwenk @911CORLEBRA777 @ellyn_gesell @karolcummins @IndivisibleCA39 @RepEdRoyce @mopeng @20committee 7/ ...The other was the ruling family’s friends and allies the bin Ladens, who, in addition to owning a multi-billion-dollar construction conglomerate, had spawned the notorious terrorist Osama bin Laden." (more...)

@ecopraire @lovetogive2 @loonyberg @CBartlett1963 @YDanasmithdutra @ninaandtito @MsMariaT @kelly2277 @WZRichard @ibewtraveler @RighteousBabe4 @Stephaniefishm4 @ThomasS4217 @MountainsStars @ItIsIMack @Ex67T20 @MelissaJPeltier @DerWouter @MingGao26 @gregolear @craigunger @DirkSchwenk @911CORLEBRA777 @ellyn_gesell @karolcummins @IndivisibleCA39 @RepEdRoyce @mopeng @20committee 8/ "After George H. W. Bush and James Baker returned to the private sector in 1993, they finally began to reap the benefits of their friendship w/the Saudis. That year, Baker took a position as senior counselor with the Carlyle Group, the $16 billion private-equity firm. (con't)

@ecopraire @lovetogive2 @loonyberg @CBartlett1963 @YDanasmithdutra @ninaandtito @MsMariaT @kelly2277 @WZRichard @ibewtraveler @RighteousBabe4 @Stephaniefishm4 @ThomasS4217 @MountainsStars @ItIsIMack @Ex67T20 @MelissaJPeltier @DerWouter @MingGao26 @gregolear @craigunger @DirkSchwenk @911CORLEBRA777 @ellyn_gesell @karolcummins @IndivisibleCA39 @RepEdRoyce @mopeng @20committee 9/ ...Two years later [1995], Bush signed on as senior adviser."
"A source close to the Saudi government says that the royal family viewed investing in the Carlyle Group as a way to show gratitude to President Bush for defending the Saudis in the Gulf War. (con't)

@ecopraire @lovetogive2 @loonyberg @CBartlett1963 @YDanasmithdutra @ninaandtito @MsMariaT @kelly2277 @WZRichard @ibewtraveler @RighteousBabe4 @Stephaniefishm4 @ThomasS4217 @MountainsStars @ItIsIMack @Ex67T20 @MelissaJPeltier @DerWouter @MingGao26 @gregolear @craigunger @DirkSchwenk @911CORLEBRA777 @ellyn_gesell @karolcummins @IndivisibleCA39 @RepEdRoyce @mopeng @20committee 10/ ...'George Bush or James Baker would meet with all the big guys in the royal family,' the source says. 'Indirectly, the message was "I’d appreciate it if you put some money in the Carlyle Group."’” (more...)

@ecopraire @lovetogive2 @loonyberg @CBartlett1963 @YDanasmithdutra @ninaandtito @MsMariaT @kelly2277 @WZRichard @ibewtraveler @RighteousBabe4 @Stephaniefishm4 @ThomasS4217 @MountainsStars @ItIsIMack @Ex67T20 @MelissaJPeltier @DerWouter @MingGao26 @gregolear @craigunger @DirkSchwenk @911CORLEBRA777 @ellyn_gesell @karolcummins @IndivisibleCA39 @RepEdRoyce @mopeng @20committee 11/ "There is no evidence to suggest that Carlyle played any role in the repatriation of the Saudis, but public advocates argue that the Bush-Saudi ties create at least the appearance of a conflict of interest." (one more tweet...)

@ecopraire @lovetogive2 @loonyberg @CBartlett1963 @YDanasmithdutra @ninaandtito @MsMariaT @kelly2277 @WZRichard @ibewtraveler @RighteousBabe4 @Stephaniefishm4 @ThomasS4217 @MountainsStars @ItIsIMack @Ex67T20 @MelissaJPeltier @DerWouter @MingGao26 @gregolear @craigunger @DirkSchwenk @911CORLEBRA777 @ellyn_gesell @karolcummins @IndivisibleCA39 @RepEdRoyce @mopeng @20committee 12/

https://twitter.com/OldGrunt0351/status/1110257594067640322

12:10 PM - 25 Mar 2019
This tweet⤴️ is no longer available, but I promise the text read: "wow, no Carlyle, no David Rubenstein without Fred Malek - revolutionary"
Needs more research: (Fred Malek, Nixon's "Jew counter"?) /end

https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/1110256899423899649