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Mon 11 Nov 2002FBI looks for terrorist link to Saudi fundingTHE US: Allegations at the weekend of Saudi royal family involvement in providing funds to al-Qaeda suspects, and of Pakistani covert help for North Korea's nuclear arms programme, have raised disturbing questions for Washington about the role of two of its key allies in the US war on terrorism.US officials have confirmed a Newsweek story that the FBI is investigating whether charitable contributions made by the wife of the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States may have indirectly benefited two of the September 11th hijackers.