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| NYT: Wealthy Saudis Are Funding Both Sides of Taliban War | |||
| 2016-12-10 | |||
| [BREITBART] The New York Times ...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... makes a strong case that the most important player in Afghanistan’s future is not the United States, 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... , because Saudis are funding both sides of Afghanistan’s endless civil war.
This results in a situation where rich Saudis can finance the Taliban, while government officials deny that any such support is officially provided. For example, former Saudi intelligence chief and ambassador to the United States Prince Turki al-Faisal insisted, "When I was in government, not a single penny went to the Taliban." But former Taliban Finance Minister Agha Jan Motasim said his many ostensible pilgrimages to the holy cities in Saudi Arabia were actually fundraising expeditions, collecting money not only from Saudi sheikhs, but wealthy Taliban-sympathizing Moslems from other parts of the world who were also on pilgrimage. Motasim, incidentally, became a major player in a Saudi attempt to secretly broker a peace deal between the Taliban and the Afghan government, which the New York Times describes in detail to the American public for the first time. Unfortunately, a power struggle within the Taliban and charges of embezzlement against Motasim scuttled the effort. On top of that, the Taliban reportedly shakes down Pashtun guest workers who travel to Saudi Arabia, threatening their families with harm unless the Islamist savages get a cut of their paychecks. Several reasons for this double Saudi game are advanced during the Times article, but the most disturbing come from what the former State Department’s Vali Nasr describes as a Saudi strategy to contain Shia Islam and its super-power, Iran, by "building a wall of Sunni radicalism across South and Central Asia." The second most-disturbing reason: Saudi Arabia is engaged in a bidding war with Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates... to be the dominant power in the Sunni world. The Saudis are also building a network of universities and madrasas in Afghanistan to extend their religious and cultural influence, a strategy that has pumped a great deal of money into the hands of gunnies groups ‐ some of which are making unnerving Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... -like noises about founding a "Caliphate." The Iranians are doing the same thing to gain influence over the Shiite population.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Like camel racing, except with two legged camels with guns... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2016-12-10 14:15 |
| #5 If I recall correctly, the ban on assassination extends only to political figures. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-12-10 12:32 |
| #4 Sounds like rich folk/corporations funding an election. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-12-10 07:44 |
| #3 In 1990 the Bosnia police raided a charity and uncovered the most significant trove of material covering the founding of Al Qaeda that has ever been found. Included was a list -- "The Golden Chain" -- that enumerated very wealthy Saudi and Gulf sheiks who had funded Bin Laden. The individuals received a caution in their home nations, and that was it. |
| Posted by: Heriberto Greper9897 2016-12-10 07:42 |
| #2 Insurance ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-12-10 04:00 |
| #1 You don't say? |
| Posted by: Crusader 2016-12-10 00:18 |