Jihad Watch: Calling the Saudis' Bluff
When American soldiers raided jihadist hideouts in northeastern Iraq
this week, they found a number of foreign passports, including two from
Saudi Arabia. Several weeks ago the Syrians arrested 300 Saudis before
they could cross into Iraq and join the jihad against America. These are
just two more bits of evidence that loyalties continue to be divided in
Saudi Arabia - underscoring the urgency of the Saudi Arabia
Accountability Act of 2005, which was introduced in the Senate recently.
The Saudis have been playing a double game since 9/11, maintaining their
alliance with the U.S. while aiding the jihad worldwide; this Act tries
to stop the duplicity.
This Act endeavors to "halt Saudi support for institutions that fund,
train, incite, encourage, or in any other way aid and abet terrorism,
and to secure full Saudi cooperation in the investigation of terrorist
incidents, and for other purposes." The bill - S. 1171 - notes not only
that the Saudis are financing terrorist groups, but that they are also
aggressively spreading the jihad ideology that fuels terrorism. And
they're doing it in America. The Saudis' North American Islamic Trust
owns over 300 mosques in the United States. The Accountability Act cites
the January 2005 report from Freedom House's Center for Religious
Freedom, which revealed that what is being taught in those mosques:
"material promoting hatred, intolerance, and violence within United
States mosques and Islamic centers." What's more, "these publications
are often official publications of a Saudi ministry or distributed by
the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, D.C."
And they put their money where their mouth is: the Accountability Act
cites a September 2003 New York Times report noting that "at least 50
percent of the current operating budget of Hamas comes from 'people in
Saudi Arabia,'" as well as a July 2003 Middle East Media Research
Institute (MEMRI) report stating that "Saudi-sponsored organizations
have funneled over $4,000,000,000 to finance the Palestinian intifada
that began in September 2000."
And that is true despite the fact that the Saudis have not been
particularly reliable allies in the war on terror.
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