' A cache of al Qaeda documents seized last year by U.S. agents in Bosnia identifies some of Saudi Arabia's richest and most influential families as among the first financial supporters of Osama bin Laden, and shows how al Qaeda used charitable arms of the Saudi government.
An account of the roots of al Qaeda found on a computer used by a suspected al Qaeda front group contains a 1988 memorandum listing 20 Saudi financial backers of Mr. bin Laden -- "the Golden Chain," as the bin Laden organization called it. The list includes the families of three billionaire Saudi banking magnates, several top industrialists and at least one former government minister.'
WikiLeaks cables portray Saudi Arabia as a cash machine for terrorists
'"Donors in Saudi Arabia constitute the most significant source of funding to Sunni terrorist groups worldwide," she said. ----
Saudi officials are often painted as reluctant partners. Clinton complained of the "ongoing challenge to persuade Saudi officials to treat terrorist funds emanating from Saudi Arabia as a strategic priority".
Washington is critical of the Saudi refusal to ban three charities classified as terrorist entities in the US. "Intelligence suggests that these groups continue to send money overseas and, at times, fund extremism overseas," she said.
The Saudi family exemplifies the treachery to be expected from ANY follower of Islam. Mecca and Medina are both on Saudi land and are only available/allowable to Islamic persons. I keep in my mind thoughts of all the peace loving Muslims in the USA if and when political situations boil over. People in the USA don’t know or have forgotten that Obama’s mother Stanley Ann took Obama back to Indonesia and enrolled him in a Muslim school. There is good reason/info that mama did this to honor Obama’s true father sperm donor a cult guru named Muhhamed Subuh.