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GCC Calls For Severing Of Insurgency Financing
| If it's a.) true and b.) serious, it's the most important story this year. |
The Gulf Cooperation Council has pledged to increase efforts to block funds to Islamic insurgency groups. GCC leaders agreed at their summit in Manama to set as a priority the halt in funding to Al Qaida and related groups. In a communique that ended their two-day meeting on Tuesday, the GCC's supreme council pledged to sever what the panel termed the financing of terrorist operations. "On fighting terrorism, the GCC leaders renewed their stance on fighting the terrorism phenomenon through obstructing the terrorism financing source and explored ways to end that, stressing the importance of differentiating between terrorism and the right for resisting any mode of occupation," the communique said without elaborating. The communique urged GCC states to participate in international efforts to stop the flow of terrorist financing and money-laundering. Bahrain has agreed to host an international task force to combat terror financing in the Middle East.
True? Serious?
[Puts on Important Hair™ voice:]
"Only time will tell!" |
Posted by: Fred 2004-12-24 |
