 17 of the 19 hijackers transited through the UAE in the months immediately preceding the 9/11 attacks.The Library of Congress, Research Division in its 2007 report stated, “Dubai is strongly linked to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the United States; more than half of the hijackers flew directly out of Dubai International Airport to the United States".No official connection to state sponsored terrorism was found between the United Arab Emirates government to the terrorists.