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| Militant with money links leads Abu Sayyaf faction |
| 2010-03-14 |
| A Filipino militant wanted by Washington has become leader of a key faction of Abu Sayyaf, the al-Qaida-linked extremist group in the southern Philippines for which he has previously acquired foreign funding, the Philippine military says. A military report obtained by The Associated Press Sunday says the militant, Khair Mundus, has connections to funding donors from Saudi Arabia and Malaysia. It also says he has an ideological bent and has begun giving Islamic religious training to Abu Sayyaf fighters. The United States last year offered $500,000 for information leading to the capture or killing of Mundus, who was arrested by Philippine authorities in 2004 but escaped from a local jail in 2007. While in police custody, Mundus confessed to having arranged the transfer of al-Qaida funds to an Abu Sayyaf chief to finance bombings and other attacks, according to the U.S. State Department. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #4 Why do we treat the Saudis and Pakistan as allies, Paul2? Because the alternative is to treat them as open enemies. In the case of Saudi Arabia, that would mean cutting off Saudi oil shipments, most of which go to our real allies, not to America. And that would mean a full-blown world-wide depression. Our allies would be very displeased with us for that. In the case of Pakistan, the only real path for our troops and supplies into Afghanistan is through Pakistan. Were we to declare war against them, that path would be cut off, and our troops would run of supplies very quickly. While admittedly our guys are hardy enough to survive without food, water or medicines, they won't do so for long without bullets. Were our armed forces (British, American, Canadian, Australian, and all the wonderful others fighting over there) double or quadruple in size, perhaps we could conquer Pakistan as well as Afghanistan. But they aren't and so we simply cannot run roughshod over them as they truly deserve. Once you figure out a way to substantially increase the size and armament of our armed forces, then we can talk about dealing openly with Saudi and Pakistani perfidy. Until then, it's just an irritant -- to those of us who can do nothing, and to them because they know we will do nothing because we can't. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-03-14 18:24 |
| #3 American Delight, The saudis fund all sunni terrorism but we turn a blind eye because of oil!i have read there is enough reserves in US especially Alaska to be self sufficient.Without oil the Saudis would rot in the desert.That is the way forward. Watched 'Kingdom' on DVD and what struck me was their arcade games have their youngsters playing Jihadis killing Americans which we ignore?.Its in their mentality from a young age to hate infidels and the decadent west! All Sunni terrorist are wahabbis but we ignore? They are no friends of the US and fund Global Islam which is not compatible with Jefferson Demoracy? Why do we treat as allies?The most anti US parties in Pakistan are funded by Saudi!Sharif was in collusion with Bin Laden and the Saudis to make Pakistan an Islamic State. Pak/Afghan/Iraq are proxy wars for US V Saudi/Iran over who controls the middle East!
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| Posted by: Kofi Thinese2517 2010-03-14 13:11 |
| #2 Kofi, were you asking why Saudi Arabia isn't our #1 target? Probably because the Saudis are very adept at doing just enough to convince Washington politicians that they are "working with us." |
| Posted by: American Delight 2010-03-14 11:28 |
| #1 we need to tackle the source of the ideology and the funding SAUDI Arabia. Look at the mess they have done in Pakistan,Bosnia,Africa etc. Why arent they the number one target of the west? |
| Posted by: Kofi Thinese2517 2010-03-14 10:25 |