Bush Official: Wahhabis Remain the Leading Source of al-Qaeda Funding.....

Time to carpet bomb Mecca....

Saudi Arabia remains the world's leading source of money for Al Qaeda and other extremist networks and has failed to take key steps requested by U.S. officials to stem the flow, the Bush administration's top financial counter-terrorism official said Tuesday.

Stuart A. Levey, a Treasury undersecretary, told a Senate committee that the Saudi government had not taken important steps to go after those who finance terrorist organizations or to prevent wealthy donors from bankrolling extremism through charitable contributions, sometimes unwittingly.

"Saudi Arabia today remains the location where more money is going to terrorism, to Sunni terror groups and to the Taliban than any other place in the world," Levey said under questioning.

U.S. officials have previously identified Saudi Arabia as a major source of funding for extremism. But Levey's comments were notable because, although reluctant to directly criticize a close U.S. ally, he acknowledged frustration with administration efforts to persuade the Saudis and others to act.

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said the Saudi failures mean that Americans who pay more than $100 a barrel for oil are in effect bankrolling extremism because wealthy Saudis "back-door" their profits into charities that fund extremist causes.

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[Elric66]

"Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said the Saudi failures mean that Americans who pay more than $100 a barrel for oil are in effect bankrolling extremism because wealthy Saudis "back-door" their profits into charities that fund extremist causes."

Cant argue with that though I wouldnt consider them Saudi "failures" unless you think Saudi honestly wants to end Islamic terrorism.

[JDAM]

The continue to shove taqiyya down our throats.

[Poopyhead]

Really? Now that an official has finally identified the problem how will they solve it? Try to get us off oil? No-that would offend our Saudi pals. Try to produce more oil at home? No-that would offend the leftist kooks who want to preserve some exotic (and useless) snail.

In other words, it'll be business as usual. We will pay extortionate
prices for fuel while funding those who seek to destroy us. And we're not even talking about aid projects either.