A new flurry of WikiLeaks cables may prove embarrassing to Saudi Arabia, as the documents show US allegations that the nation is the “world’s largest source” for funding to al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and other Sunni terror groups.
The new documents include a December 2009 memo signed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging diplomats to press Saudi Arabia on the funding efforts, despite other documents praising the Saudi government as a “key partner” is stopping such funding.
US officials have expressed concerns about Saudi funding for terror in the past, but the cables provide a more frank assessment of what the US sees as the major problems, primarily the Saudi government’s reluctance to crack down on religious charities.
Other dispatches point to other regional countries, from the United Arab Emirates and Qatar to Kuwait as serious problems, but it seems none are as serious a source of funds as Saudi Arabia. The Saudi government has yet to comment on the cables.
Everyone knows that nearly all the 911 perpetrators were from Saudi Arabia and Bin Ladens' family is from there. But all that oil money needs to recirculate back to Western banks so Bush let all the Saudis fly out of the US on 911. Then Bush attacked Afghanistan even when the Taliban offered to turn Bin Laden over to US authorities. Easier to pound the poorest country on Earth than go after the root of the problem inside our supposed ally Saudi Arabia.
While it is true that attacking Afghanistan made no sense, attacking Saudi Arabia would have made no sense either. It is not true that all the Saudis were flown out, many were detained and interrogated, only those with special ties to US government were flown out. Osama Bin Laden is mostly a creation of CIA's effort to defeat the Russians, the other Bin Ladens are simple rich folks who like to use their fortune on more mundane things. See below for a more detailed comment.
I didn't need Wikileaks or Hillary Clinton to tell me that. I have been writing and saying the same thing for many years. The Saudis have been funding radical mosques and schools all over the world for decades. Saddam Hussain was innocent but the Saudi's were as guilty as sin.
As I explained above, except for those terrorists the rest of the Saudis are as innocent as anyone else. This idea of guilt-by-association is as unfair to the Saudis as it is to the rest of the Muslims. Since the 19 terrorists were from the human race are all humans guilty of the crime?
THis is embarrassing not to Saudi Arabia but to the US, since the US has been attacking 'support for terrorists' EVERYWHERE BUT Saudi Arabia.
You don't understand: It is only terrorism, when terrorists they do not respond positively to US interests. There was an old definition, that describet acts as terrorism. And those doing it was terrorists. But since that would identify USA as a terrorist nation, from the Phillipines and 100 years forward, there has been silently added to the constitution, that you have to put your head into the ground whenever it might suit your leaders. In fact, they openly do it themselves today, with the president of the USA leading the trend.
An Empire of Oistrichs!
Saudi Arabian Kingdome family., after Israel is the other friend of US in the region.., that is to say.., the amount of weapons that they buy from US and EU makes them the best friend.., however, there is a different between Israel and Saudi Arabia.., the Saudis pay for their weapon Israel gets it for free.., in another word.., Saudis pay for what Israel gets for free where Palestinians’ pay with their lives.
Europe Islamist movement is financed by the Saudis so as what is called “Islamist Terrorism” like Al Qaeda or Taliban is runnel by the Wahabis family the second richest family after Saudis Kingdome family where Bin Laden is the oldest son of the family which the family is a very good friend of Bush family.., and it was Bush who promised this man the Afghanistan as his religious sanctuary if they could defeat Russians occupation and it was the Saudis who killed Shah Massoud the leader of Mojahedin…, So the story is not about Clinton but rather what she knew before Bush invading Afghanistan and later Iraq… This is how they play with peoples lives and call it diplomacy…, here at home is called democracy and in Sweden is called Social democracy.
The Saudis want the U.S. to nuke Iran, so we're told. And they also fund terrorists. They are playing both ends against the middle, methinks.
The shifty Royal Family of Saudi Arabia, which has more billionaires per acre than any other place on earth, need to be treated like Saddam was. But the country which encourages these despots, and funds them, is the U.S. which is also playing many ends against the middle!
The world has had enough of America leadership. It's more correctly called LEADERSHIT!
Let's boycott America out of game. Divest it and sanction it.
Let's get some sanity back into the world.
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A rare show of humility from Hillary Clinton, since USA is without a shadow of doubt the worlds largest, most devoted, for the longest time using it everywhere, and probably most skillful too, supporter of terrorism..
For one thing: How else uphold a steady export and innovation and production of more or less bizarre weapons, know how on subjugation, torture techniques, manipulated elections, generation of fear and acceptance of the oistrich-citizens submission to power. (Power demands less of a person than reason, empathy, understanding…)
I wouldn't give her too much credit though. This is either a lie or they've got something up their sleeve. Something this entrenched doesn't change with the release of a few "embarrassing" cables.
WELL DUH!!!
You mean to tell me that Shillary had to hear about it thru WikiLeaks? Would would have thunk?
Hillary speaks with a forked tongue, as it is part of her job description. One question: How can the Saudi's be the *largest* terror funders when they have to trade their oil for money vs printing it?
1-WikiLeaks and Assange presenting the new era in Journalism where other modernized and fashionable Journalist from La Times to NY Times and other didn’t dare to prove the existence of Lies and governments deceptions.., that is because almost all of them are not independent.., where part of being a journalist is to report the truth an not what a journalist or a editor been told or given to publish.., this man (Assange) have put his life in line for what has been the job of journalists around the world finding and writing about the truth. Here people who have helped producing these documents needs to be applauded and given a medal by Obama.
3- as Ronald Reagan.., the US and European Oil and chemical companies were helping Saddam to become a brutal regime so is the job of Oil companies to keep such “Kingdome” in power where they get their Oil and get paid by these elements to keep the “terrorism” a on going toll to keep the war machinery in tact where they have a government contract to sell more and expensive Oil to Army and Air force which is paid by the Tax payers. So all of this comes to.., how a brutal capitalism economic is working and playing with peoples lives. Here.., Hillary Clinton and Obama is part of that system and if you think that Obama is socialist or anything but a capitalism element then you are a naïve as Sara Paline or Glen Beck is.
"nearly all the 911 perpetrators were from Saudi Arabia and Bin Ladens' family"
I got bad news for you–9/II attacks had NOTHING to do with Arabs.Wake-up and read some :^/
So how do you explain those Saudi passports they found in the rubble? In mint condition no less.
And yet, we're wasting lives and money in Afghanistan.
But let's sell the saudis BILLIONS of DOLLARS in warplanes & weaponry! ITS GOOD FOR BUSINESS!!!!
While it is true that attacking Afghanistan made no sense, attacking Saudi Arabia would have made no sense either. It is not true that all the Saudis were flown out, many were detained and interrogated, only those with special ties to US government were flown out. Osama Bin Laden is mostly a creation of CIA's effort to defeat the Russians, the other Bin Ladens are simple rich folks who like to use their fortune on more mundane things.
Not all perpetrators of 9/11 were from Saudi Arabia, some names mentioned by FBI actually turned out to be alive and living in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi government or the people as a group took no part in 911 it were just a few individuals. Attacking Saudi Arabia would have just punished the wrong people as attacking Afghanistan and Iraq did.
The major source of Taliban funding indirectly is USA itself. They give money to private contractors for moving NATO supplies, the contrators in turn give money to the Taliban to ensure the safety of their cargo. The other source of funding is the drug trade in which everyone is involved. Alqaida needs no funding as it exists only in the imagination of the proponents of illegal wars.
The main reason the US governemnt does not like Saudi, or other, charities is that the charities work independent of US control. They go and help the needy directly, it would be lot better if the charity dollars could be funneled through the puppets in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Palestine and other places. We have seen how the US government closed legitimate Muslim charities who were helping poor people, they want the Saudi government to do the same thing.
If this is the case, then why isn't Saudi Arabia listed as being part of the 'Axis of Evil' yet? If South Bananastan was fingered as being a state supporter of terrorism, either by financial or material aid, you can bet your bottom dollar they'd be on Santa's Bad List so fast their heads would spin. Why, then, does Saudi Arabia get a pass? Enquiring minds want to know.
masmanz, the other saudis are “simple rich folks who like to use their fortunes on mundane things” lmfao. And by mundane things you mean investing their fortunes in the Carlyle Group? The same Carlyle group that aquires defense contractors and then profits from wars. The same Carlyle group whose members include George “The Butcher” Bush and several other war criminals. You mean “mundane things” like that, right?
When the Islamists groups ask for contributions,they don't expect wire transfers from banks.What they get is gold.There is so much money flowing to the oil states in the Gulf that it takes little effort to skim off millions and it is only millions,not billions,that the Islamic war bands need to keep going.China will sell all of the small arms that are wanted by these fighters.China will sell them through their clients and proxies and China will take gold in payment.It is pretty hard to track a strong box full of Kruegerands but not too hard to track a wire transfer.There isn't much that the U.S. can do about it.A war with China would be the end of America,probably the end of China too.America will keep on being bled by these Islamic wars,10 years from now,50 years from now.Who cares?China makes some money,the Islamic bands get to fight,American soldiers get killed,the American economy runs in the red,year after year,but By God,the Stars and Stripes will fly high for ever.