Posted on 05/01/2002 6:00:31 AM PDT by Israel Insider
Documents discovered by Israel during Operation Defensive Shield revealed the extent of financial support Saudi Arabia has provided to the families of Palestinian suicide bombers. According to the documents, the Saudis paid about $5,000 to each of 102 Palestinian families of suicide bombers and others killed in the terror campaign against Israel. In addition, the Saudis provided extensive financial support to the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist organizations...(more)
From Ramirez
How can we bomb Iraq and just fly over S.A.? .....
In reality, we are defending against a Muslim religious war !! Just wait until the next major terror attack in the U.S.
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Start with food and clothing for at least 14 out of the 19 and the numbers just go higher and higher from there.
As far as I can tell, the money comes from "benefits" for the "Palestinian brothers" which are allegedly held by private groups. Not just telethons, but theater production's like the banner ad for a company called "Snap" which came up the other day on Arabia.com.
Unfortunately, it was a Java-scripted random banner ad. I'm still kicking myself for not having written the address of the ad down. Don't even remember - for sure - the folder it was in on the server. I can't FTP there, either.
We only get 7% of our oil from them so intially I would say them telling them to stick it would be the right thing to do. A closer looks reminds us that SA has a LOT of influence on other nations that we get oil from and if they were to start a boycott that other arab nations followed we could be in for a rough situation. I am not sure that GWB is going to press his luck on that one.
How about "The Israelis? If, that is, you are the least bit concerned about accuracy.
And what do you think that the Saudis already have? They've got most of the region's oil, and the resulting oil revenue, which gives them enormous influence and power. The only ones concerned about Saudi "ascendency" are Saddam Hussein (who has delusions of running the whole Mideast himself) and the Egyptians (who view themselves as the leader of the Arab World).
Like 5 year olds who resent a new baby brother, the Isreali propaganda is working overtime to smear the Saudi's.
It would be nice if you knew something about spelling (it is "Israelis") and grammar (it should be "Saudis" - plural, not possessive). But that's OK, because it merely demonstrates your general level of knowledge.
FYI, the Israelis are trying to reduce Saudi influence with the US, as any country would try to reduce the influence that one of its enemies has with one of its friends. And for the record, they are not "smearing" the Saudis, only exposing the Saudi financing behind lots of the terrorism that Israel has had to suffer over the last 18 months. Exposing something is a factual matter, quite different in nature from smearing someone, which implies the falsification or fabrication of facts.
Thus you are not only operating on a fifth-grade level, but you are wrong. By the way, are you related to the infamous and ignorant A+Bert?
At the same time, we can't continue to appease them. They fund anti-American mosques and schools in the US, they fund suicide bombers, and they export their Wahhabist ideology all over the world.
Bush is in a tricky situation. And it's not helped by Abdullah, who is not nearly as pro-US as was his brother.
Israel wants the United States to be aware of the true face of Saudi Arabia and its support of terror, at a time when the Saudis are pushing for increased American pressure on Israel. In addition, Israel is hoping that the exposure of the documents will force the Saudis to stop, or at least make it more difficult for them to continue their funding practices.
Bump.
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