London Times Expose of Saudis as "Hub of World Terror", but never once

...mentioning the multi-billion dollar al-Yamamah swap arrangement and slush fund set up for Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan, by which much of this network of terror is financed. The Times also notes that 15 of the 19 supposed 9/11 attackers were Saudi nationals. And the Times says that 55% of the foreign fighters on the ground in Iraq are Saudis, according to NBC News, as are over half of the foreign detainees at Baghdad's Camp Cropper. So, the lid on the BushCo cover-up surrounding 9/11 may just be ready to blow.

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November 4, 2007

Saudi Arabia is hub of world terror

The desert kingdom supplies the cash and the killersNick Fielding and Sarah Baxter, Washington
It was an occasion for tears and celebration as the Knights of Martyrdom proclaimed on video: “Our brother Turki fell during the rays of dawn, covered in blood after he was hit by the bullets of the infidels, following in the path of his brother.” The flowery language could not disguise the brutal truth that a Saudi family had lost two sons fighting for Al-Qaeda in Iraq.

The elder brother, Khaled, had been a deputy commander of a crack jihadist “special forces” unit. After his “glorious” death, Turki took his place.

“He was deeply affected by the martyrdom of his brother,” the Knights said. “He became more ambitious and more passionate about defending the land of Islam and dying as a martyr, like his brother.”

Turki’s fervent wish was granted earlier this year, but another Saudi national who travelled to Iraq had second thoughts. He was a graduate from a respectable family of teachers and professors who was recruited in a Saudi Arabian mosque and sent to Iraq with $1,000 in travel expenses and the telephone number of a smuggler who could get him across the Syrian border.

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In frustration, Arlen Specter, the Republican senator for Pennsylvania, introduced the Saudi Arabia Accountability Act 10 days ago, calling for strong encouragement of the Saudi government to “end its support for institutions that fund, train, incite, encourage or in any other way aid and abet terrorism”.

The act, however, is expected to die when it reaches the Senate foreign relations committee: the Bush administration is counting on Saudi Arabia to help stabilise Iraq, curtail Iran’s nuclear and regional ambitions and give a push to the Israeli and Palestinian peace process at a conference due to be held this month in Annapolis, Maryland.

“Do we really want to take on the Saudis at the moment?” asks Bronson. “We’ve got enough problems as it is.”
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article2801017.ece

Wow. MIHOP got a boost, didn't it?