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Saudi clerics financing terrorists in Syria: Nusra ex-commander
2014-10-27
[Iran Press TV] A former commander of a Takfiri
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed...
group in Syria has shed light on the financial resources of the bully boyz fighting against the Syrian government.

Abu Leith al-Tabouki, who used to be a leader of the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra
...the current nom de guerre of al-Qaeda in the Levant, which isn't to be confused with al-Qaeda in Iraq and the Levant...
Front, has said that some Saudi holy mans play a great role in providing the financial resources of the myrmidons.

He specifically named Salafi holy man, Adnan al-Aroor, as the main supplier of al-Nusra
...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ...
myrmidons.

Tabouki said the fund is funneled to the bully boyz via a mediator in an eastern region of Syria.

He also blamed the al-Nusra Front over its "corrupt structure," adding that the group is operating under a weak and biased leadership.
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