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| UAE to Work with U.S. to Cut Off 'Terror' Funding | |
| 2014-06-17 | |
[AnNahar] The UAE and the United States agreed on Monday to cooperate to prevent "terrorist" groups from using the Gulf state's finance sector, according to a statement from the U.S. Treasury.
They "stressed the importance of ensuring the United Arab Emirates' financial system is closed off to the broad range of terrorist and criminal groups," the statement said. The meeting comes as nine men stand trial in Abu Dhabi for allegedly forming "al-Qaeda cell" accused of supporting al-Nusra Front, the jihadist network's Syrian affiliate. Among other charges, the men are accused of having "financed al-Nusra Front," state news agency WAM said. The officials also discussed improving economic ties between the countries, the Treasury statement said, as well as the situation in Iraq, where a krazed killer offensive led by jihadists has seen chunks of the country fall out of government control. Sheikh Mohammed and Lew "underscored the importance of Iraqi leaders unifying the country and close cooperation throughout the region to confront terrorist groups such as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original... ," the statement said. The UAE's has so far not issued an official statement on the situation in Iraq, but Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... and Qatar have blamed the unrest on what they called the "sectarian" policies of the Shiite-led government in Storied Baghdad against the Sunni Arab minority. Lew also thanked the UAE for its "cooperation on Iran," saying the United States and other world powers who began a new round of nuclear talks with the Islamic Theocratic Republicin Vienna on Monday "are focused on reaching a comprehensive solution that prevents Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon." Iran's Gulf Arab neighbors have been wary of Tehran's nuclear ambitions but have officially welcomed talks aimed at striking a long-term compromise. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #7 Define "bigger threat." |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-06-17 16:35 |
| #6 Is it me or Sunnis are a bigger threat to the West than the Shia? |
| Posted by: Thusosh Untervehr8552 2014-06-17 16:09 |
| #5 Odd, because ISIS funding is coming from Qatar (and the Magic Kingdom) and being routed through Kuwait. Precisely my thinking, Pappy. But who will be amused? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-06-17 11:01 |
| #4 What about the Hawala system for fund transfer? That going to be cut off? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-06-17 10:47 |
| #3 Odd, because ISIS funding is coming from Qatar (and the Magic Kingdom) and being routed through Kuwait. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-06-17 08:12 |
| #2 This really begs the question about the agreed, approved, acceptable level of terror funding to which actors. |
| Posted by: Classical_Liberal 2014-06-17 02:28 |
| #1 Well, well, well, decided not to pop-a-squat in their own garden did they? Obviously getting a bit more than they bargained for with the ISIS lads. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-06-17 01:14 |