Widow of victim attacks Saudi Arabia
Terry Strada talar vid minnesceremonin vid Ground Zero på Manhattan i New York. Foto: Pamela Smith/AP/TT
Terry Strada speaks at the memorial ceremony at Ground Zero in Manhattan, New York. Photo: Pamela Smith/AP/TT
During the memorial ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York, the chair of the advocacy group Families United launched a scathing attack on Saudi Arabia.
Tom Strada was one of the victims of 9/11. His widow, Terry Strada, leveled fierce criticism at Saudi Arabia and at what she described as the inadequate condemnations of the country by past presidents.
"You are missed more with each passing year. But how can 25 years have gone by without us receiving justice for the role Saudi Arabia played in your murder?" she said after the victims' names had been read out on live television.
Strada accused Saudi Arabia of stoking an anti-American culture within the country. Former presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden attended the ceremony.
Current President Donald Trump was at a ceremony at the Pentagon defense headquarters, but Strada asked Vice President JD Vance to convey a message to Trump:
"Tell the Saudis to stop lying. Tell them that if they want to be friends with the US, they cannot continue to deny all of this—all the suffering and devastation we have all been forced to endure."
In his speech at the Pentagon, Trump drew a connection between the terrorist attacks and modern US warfare.
"We will never, ever forget. That is why we fight today."
"We have no choice. There can only be victory," said Donald Trump. The terrorist network al-Qaeda carried out the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, under the leadership of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden and Saudi hijackers.
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