Mormon Involvement in 9/11

Triad, Khashoggi and Oaks

When Arizona Mormon Congressman Jeff Flake was first elected in 2000, he pledged to serve no more than three terms in Congress, leaving no later than January of the year 2007. But, in early 2005, shortly after being elected a third time, Flake announced that he changed his mind and would run again. He is quoted at the time as saying, "It was a mistake to limit my own terms". Regardless, ever since Congressman Flake was  elected, has been trying to normalize US relations with Fidel Castro and Cuba.

Billionaire Adnan Khashoggi was very proud as he stood on the site of the new Triad Center in Salt Lake City with Mormon Apostle Dallin Oaks, Emanuel Floor and his brother Essam Khashoggi on June 7, 1985. This day marked the gala groundbreaking of the Triad's twin 43-story towers and other buildings that made up the new master planned business center in downtown Salt Lake City. It also marked a symbolic unity between the Mormon religion, with its many similarities to Islam, and Adnan Khashoggi who was a Muslim of dubious character known for his global arms dealing.

September 11, 2001

The proposed merger of two Mormon towns that are adjacent to each other in northern Arizona has become quite acrimonious. Taylor, Arizona was founded in January 1878 by John Kartchner and 8-Mormon families who came from Utah. And, the neighboring town of Snowflake was founded in September of 1878 by William Flake's party, which also arrived in northern Arizona from Utah. Flake named his new town in honor of himself and the famous Mormon apostle Erastus Snow.