{"id":14429,"date":"2015-11-15T08:19:23","date_gmt":"2015-11-15T13:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=14429"},"modified":"2015-11-15T08:19:23","modified_gmt":"2015-11-15T13:19:23","slug":"how-saudigulf-money-fuels-terror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=14429","title":{"rendered":"How Saudi\/Gulf Money Fuels Terror"},"content":{"rendered":"<header>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/2015\/11\/14\/how-saudigulf-money-fuels-terror\/\" target=\"_blank\">How Saudi\/Gulf Money Fuels Terror<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"entry-meta\"><strong>Exclusive:<\/strong>\u00a0With the death toll in the Paris terror attacks still rising, French President Hollande is condemning an \u201cact of war\u201d by the Islamic State, but the underlying reality is that France\u2019s rich friends in the Persian Gulf are key accomplices in the mayhem, writes Daniel Lazare.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>In the wake of the latest terrorist outrage in Paris, the big question is not which specific group is responsible for the attack, but who\u2019s responsible for the Islamic State and Al Qaeda in the first place. The answer that has grown increasingly clear in recent years is that it\u2019s Western leaders who have used growing portions of the Muslim world as a playground for their military games and are now crying crocodile tears over the consequences.<\/p>\n<p>This pattern had its beginnings in the 1980s in Afghanistan, where the Central Intelligence Agency and the Saudi royal family virtually invented modern jihadism in an effort to subject the Soviets to a Vietnam-style war in their own backyard.\u00a0It was the case, too, in Iraq, which the United States and Great Britain invaded in 2003, triggering a vicious civil warfare between Shi\u2018ites and Sunnis.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"image-anchor\" href=\"http:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bandar-bush.jpg?4574c0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10165\" src=\"http:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bandar-bush-300x197.jpg?4574c0\" alt=\"Prince Bandar bin Sultan, then Saudi ambassador to the United States, meeting with President George W. Bush in Crawford, Texas, on Aug. 27, 2002. (White House photo)\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today, it\u2019s the case in Yemen where the U.S. and France are helping Saudi Arabia in its massive air war against Houthi Shi\u2018ites.\u00a0And it\u2019s the case in Syria, the scene of the most destructive war game of them all, where Saudi Arabia and other Arab Gulf states are channeling money and arms to Al Qaeda, the Islamic State (also known as ISIS, ISIL and Daesh), and similar forces with the full knowledge of the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Saudi\/Gulf Money Fuels Terror Exclusive:\u00a0With the death toll in the Paris terror attacks still rising, French President Hollande is condemning an \u201cact of war\u201d by the Islamic State, but the underlying reality is that France\u2019s rich friends in the Persian Gulf are key accomplices in the mayhem, writes Daniel Lazare. 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