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Who’s funding Britain's terrorists? ‘Sensitive’ Home Office report may never be published
2017-06-01
[RT] An investigation commissioned by former Prime Minister David Cameron
... has stated that he is certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite, which means he's not. Since he is not deeply ideological he lacks core principles and is easily led. He has been described as certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger, but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ...
into the revenue streams behind jihadist groups operating in Britannia may never be published, the Home Office has admitted.

The inquiry is thought to focus on British ally 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...
, which has repeatedly been highlighted by European leaders as a funding source for Islamist krazed killers, and may prove politically and legally sensitive, the Guardian reports.

The UK has close ties with Saudi Arabia. Prime Minister Theresa May visited the country earlier this year.

In January 2016, a specialist Home Office unit was directed by Downing Street to investigate sources of overseas funding of krazed killer groups in the UK. The findings were to be shown to Cameron’s then-Home Secretary May.

Eighteen months later, however, the Home Office told the Guardian the report had not been completed and would not necessarily be published, calling the contents "very sensitive."

A decision on the future of the investigation would be taken "after the election by the next government," a spokesperson said.

Cameron was urged to launch an investigation in December 2015 as part of a deal with the Liberal Democrats in exchange for the party supporting the extension of British Arclight airstrikes against 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(IS, formerly ISIS/ISIS) from Iraq into Syria.

Posted by:Fred

#4  So ... the Russian info front wants us to focus on Saudi funding in the past.

Not Iran and Putin in the present.

Got it.

Posted by: Angusock Chuting6110   2017-06-01 12:22  

#3  I'd add in Qatar and the Emirates as well. But that's my not-so-humble opinion.
Posted by: Pappy   2017-06-01 11:25  

#2  Everybody knows it's the Saudis.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-06-01 10:05  

#1  The 'sensitive' part is that the labour party is a major funder?
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance   2017-06-01 08:28  

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