Omar al-Bayoumi, the Saudi 'guardian angel' of two 9/11 terrorists
Le Monde · 16 Oct 2026

Omar al-Bayoumi, the Saudi 'guardian angel' of two 9/11 terrorists

'On the Saudi Trail of 9/11' (1/4). Omar al-Bayoumi denied being an extremist and a spy. Yet the jovial Saudi civil servant, who lived in the US before the attacks, was ever-present in the American journey of two of the terrorists. He even sometimes played paintball with a future leader of Al-Qaeda.


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