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How Saudi wealth fueled holy war:
Chicago Tribune ^ | February 22, 2004 | Sam Roe, Laurie Cohen and Stephen Franklin

Posted on 02/22/2004 6:37:58 AM PST by sarcasm

JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- Muslim forces were gathering near a small town in Bosnia, and commanders were moving fighters to the front. The man in charge wanted the very best soldiers available, so he handpicked six of his favorites and ordered them to the area immediately.

The mission was indisputably military, but the man calling the shots was not a captain with the army or a general back at command headquarters. He was the person helping finance the battle: Adel Batterjee, a wealthy Saudi businessman aiding the operation 2,000 miles away from his home in Saudi Arabia.

This was not the only battleground in which Batterjee played a major role. During the past two decades, he has financed Muslim fighters in some of the world's most volatile areas, including Afghanistan, Chechnya and Sudan. And he has done so with the help of U.S. citizens, establishing a major charitable operation just outside Chicago to collect donations to fulfill his dream of creating Islamic states and spreading Islam around the globe.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Illinois; War on Terror
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1 posted on 02/22/2004 6:37:58 AM PST by sarcasm
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To: sarcasm
Pretty good article, except for this:

Also of concern, and not only to Westerners, is the ultraconservative brand of Islam that the Saudis embrace and often seek to export.

Why does the clueless media insist that Wahhabism is "ultra-conservative"?

2 posted on 02/22/2004 8:47:34 AM PST by WarEagle
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To: sarcasm
Thank God that we have a president that is working on this critical National security issue.


3 posted on 02/22/2004 12:05:18 PM PST by Kay Soze (NO profanity, NO personal attacks, NO racism or violence in posts. - HA HA HA This is a joke right?)
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