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Like others, I tried to get more information about the study from Westat, but was rebuffed.
Khallad has said that Iran made a concerted effort to strengthen relations with al Qaeda after the October 2000 attack on the USS Cole, but was rebuffed because Bin Ladin did not want to alienate his supporters in Saudi Arabia.
Incidentally, notes the WSJ , although in his present role Starr has fought hard against the administration's contention that executive privilege shields some key Clinton advisors as well as Hillary, as a U.S. appeals court judge, Starr "seldom rebuffed an assertion of privilege."
His overtures are rebuffed; his son has come to think of his stepfather as his true father.
He was rebuffed, and the Saudis joined the U.S.-led coalition.