Saudi prince paid for 9/11 hijackers’ flight lessons: Moussaoui

A French national, who is serving life in prison on terror charges in the US following the 9/11 attacks, claims that the Saudi royal family helped finance the act of terrorism.

Zacarias Moussaoui, 46 and of Moroccan descent, said an unnamed Saudi prince paid for flying lessons for him and 19 other terrorists, including 15 Saudi citizens, who allegedly hijacked planes in the September 11, 2011 attacks on the United States.

Moussaoui made the claims in documents filed to a federal court in Oklahoma City, saying the Saudi prince helped him financially in 2001 when he was studying at a flight school in Norman, Oklahoma.

According to his account, the Saudi prince met with him, provided him with funding and also financially assisted the other 19 September 11 terrorists.

The documents also revealed Saudi leaders have provided assistance to former al-Qaeda leader, Osama bin Laden, to plan the 2001 attacks and that he was also involved in a plot to shoot down a US Air Force plane carrying former US President Bill Clinton.

Moussaoui was given life sentence in 2006 after he admitted terror charges.

He has reportedly asked to testify again but his credibility remains in doubt as both Saudi Arabia and bin Laden had denied any involvement in the 9/11 incidents.