Why Is President Obama In Saudi Arabia Today?

President Barack Obama shakes hands with Saudi Arabia's King Salman at the start of a bilateral meeting at Erga Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2015 Reuters

Daily Mail: How can Obama break bread with him? President meets with Saudi ruler after fresh evidence emerges linking Arab kingdom with 9/11 attacks

* Terrorist certificate placed in envelope from Saudi embassy in Washington
* Details sparked concerns government may have links to the terror attacks
* Relations between US and Saudi are at a low point, with Obama snubbed by the King as he arrived at Riyadh airport
* Obama has been accused of siding with Saudi over 9/11 victims' families
* Families have been pushing Congress for the right to sue Saudi Arabia
* Row over whether to declassify 28 pages of papers has intensified

Barack Obama has met with the king of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh to discuss counter-terrorism and the threat of ISIS, just as fresh information emerged that appears to connect the Arab nation and the September 11 attacks.

President Obama's uncomfortable meeting came after officials revealed that the flight certificate of Al-Qaeda bomb maker Ghassan Al-Sharbi was discovered hidden in an envelope from the Saudi embassy in Washington when they arrested him in 2002.

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WNU Editor: It has always been about the oil .... Obama knows 9/11 was linked to Saudi Arabia – its massive oil reserves are behind his official visit (Robert Fisk, The Independent)