Raw Story: "Shocking Cable - US Says Saudi Donors Are Chief Financiers Of Al Qaeda"

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/shocker-admits-saudi-donors-chief-financiers-al-qaeda-leaked-cable/

Shocking cable: US says Saudi donors are chief financiers of al Qaeda

By Raw Story
Monday, November 29th, 2010 -- 8:51 am

A quick aside in a New York Times article about leaked diplomatic cables is sure to spark renewed interest about the role of the US' biggest ally in the Gulf supporting terrorism.

In their wide-ranging précis of the leaked cables, Times reporters Scott Shane and Andrew Lehren mention in passing a key detail from one of the diplomatic dispatches: "Saudi donors remain the chief financiers of Sunni militant groups like Al Qaeda."

No other details about the cable are provided by the Times. The referenced cable is not linked, and Raw Story has been unable to locate the specific language among additional cables published by The Guardian. (If you find the cable, please email john@rawstory.com).

The admission is stunning, though it has been largely kept from public view, and hasn't been admitted previously at such a high level. The "Blue Ribbon" Sept. 11, 2001 report noted that al Qaeda had raised money in Saudi Arabia but that no senior officials had provided material support. Charges that Saudi donors have provided material support for terrorist groups -- including Iraqi insurgents -- are not new. A detailed Congressional Research Service report in 2007 highlighted repeated instances where Saudis were accused of supporting terrorist groups. The report was titled, "Saudi Arabia: Terrorist Financing Issues."

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Um, the KKK is primarily funded by US donors.

The NYT writers apparently don't realize their statement can be taken as "Saudis" or "The Saudis".

The only way to loot the treasuries in the Middle East is to make Islam evil. Usury is illegal in that religion.

the group that up to now some people claim doesn't exist?

Sounds like confirmation to me.

Aside from that, check out any of the books by Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed.

Here's a good overview talk he gave called "Creating Terror":

http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/23955

Why dont they publish the freaking cable?

I gather that "Saudi donors" is being taken as the Saudi government?

whenever the sheep need to be cowered a little bit.

I mean, the FBI can only sting so many failed terror attacks. And without a "War on Terror", how could we justify all the imperial military spending?

Everything else we endured under the Bush Administration was a deflection from the truth.

that should have seen entire Bush1 administration put in jail for life....instead we we ended up with Bush2, 9-11, and Iraq war.

to clean the slate and get us back on a course that's based on the truth.

and exposed that should have been shared with the public citizenry in the 90s.

This could get some tongue wagging about the initial reason bin Laden used for the 9/11 attacks...the U.S. troops that were stationed in Saudi Arabia. Then maybe, just maybe, there can be an open discussion about how Wahabi Islam, based in Saudi Arabia and financed by the royal family has been a big money conduit to the "terrorists"...or how the Saudis felt threatened by Saddam Hussein and had far more motives to want him out of the way than the U.S. did. Maybe...but doubtful. America's corporate media short attention span prevails...

Guess the headlines are going to drive traffic.

so it's in the news again -- saudi and al queda connections.

how many more times before the political establishment takes it seriously?

n/t

:kick:

Without the Al Qaeda boogie man there would be no justification for current and future wars. This smells like the way the Soviet Union was always propped up as a greater threat than they actually were. The difference is in scope. Jmho, of course, but eventually TPTB will have to allow (encourage) another 9/11 level attack.

:shrug: