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Alwaleed dismisses accusations of terror funding as stupid
2003-01-16
Prince Alwaleed ibn Talal, chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), described as “stupid” accusations that some members of the royal family had provided funds to persons linked to the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States.
This is the guy Giuliani told to stuff his daggone check just after 9-11...
In an interview with the French daily Le Monde, he said: “Saudi Arabia has been the No. 1 target of Osama Bin Laden, well before the United States. If some funds from a very few in the ruling family found their way to persons linked to the Sept. 11 acts, this was certainly inadvertent and well beyond intent. The money was given out of a sense of charity to help individuals in their difficult times.”
Maybe the Soddies should concentrate on tracking down the recipients of the money when things like that happen and killing them...
Prince Alwaleed said that even the United States was also not free from guilt.
I confess! We dunnit! Whatever it is...
“It is well-known, for instance, that for years Americans, particularly those of Irish descent, have been funding the Irish Republican Army (IRA) when at the same time the US government was condemning the IRA’s terrorist acts. Until very recently, the US has not been able to put a stop to that money flow,” he said.
Faith and begorrah! But we made the effort — maybe the Soddies should, too...
Prince Alwaleed recalled that the Saudi authorities have recently announced drastic measures to monitor the flow of funds to Muslim philanthropic organizations, which would ensure that funds remitted from abroad would serve only the financing of charitable causes.
Now we just have to work on the definition of charitable causes: the Sods say charitable causes can include gifts of arms, ammunition, and explosives, and we interpret things a little differently...
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#4  Al-Qaeda is a self-proclaimed Wahabi reform movement, with reform meaning: global jihadism.
Their main "reform" website - www.as-sahwah.com - regularly posts old fatwas from ibn Baz, Sheik Azzam, and the rehabilitated convicts Sheiks al-Hawali and al-Awdah. The road to every Wahabi terror charity ends at the House of Saud's favorite fund for islamic aggression: www.alharamain.org
Posted by: Anonymous   2003-01-16 20:43:35  

#3  Has he been served in the $mucho x 10^12 lawsuit?
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2003-01-16 18:48:39  

#2  Tired of hearing the old refrain about Americans supporting the IRA excusing Saudi Arabia supporting Al-Qaeda and the other Islamic Fruit of the Month charities.

See, it's really simple. Here in the USA, it's private individuals who donate to the IRA, not the government. Over there in SA, private individuals with money tend to have titles like Sheikh, Mufti, Your Excellency, Pasha, etc., and thus are the government, sinced SA is ruled by about 7000 closely related princes.
Posted by: Dreadnought   2003-01-16 13:56:18  

#1  "Prince" Al-Aweed ibn Talal recently donated $500,000.00 to Phillips Academy Andover (GWB's alma mater) to fund the President George Herbert Walker Bush Scholarship Fund .
The school was only too happy to take his baksheesh.
Posted by: seafarious   2003-01-16 13:23:57  

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