Saudis financed terror ship

world net daily ^ | THURSDAY jan 17th

[classygreeneyedblonde]

Paid $10 million to Iran for arms destined for Palestinian intifada

The financing of the Karine-A arms-smuggling ship destined for the Gaza Strip came from Saudi Arabia – a shocking discovery made, according to intelligence sources, by all three teams investigating the affair: American, Israeli and Palestinian.

They established that Saudi sources put up the $10 million paid over to Iran for the weapons cargo, the $400,000 purchasing price for the vessel and another $1 million to cover miscellaneous expenses, such as hiring the crew, fuel, repairs and port charges.

The discovery rocked the U.S. and Israeli governments back on their heels. But, together with the Palestinians, each decided for its own reasons to treat the information as sensitive and keep it under wraps. For, more than any previous indication, this new fact is disturbing evidence of the uncertain internal situation in Saudi Arabia, demonstrating for the first time the willingness of influential figures in the royal house and Saudi intelligence to go out on a limb and back the Palestinian-Hezbollah-Iran connection.

Until now, Saudi Arabia was known to have refused financial aid to Yasser Arafat’s intifada, funding only the fundamentalist Hamas at its bases in Palestinian-controlled areas, Jordan and Syria.

Technically, the funds for the arms-smuggling operation were advanced by Muslim charitable societies in Jeddah, but investigators say no sums of any such scale could have been secreted out of the oil kingdom without the knowledge and consent of Saudi intelligence and government authorities – especially if they went through Abu Dhabi and Beirut.

Intelligence sources close to the investigation say that the Karine-A funding is nothing compared to the burgeoning transactions in train between Saudi Arabians and factions of the Iranian government and military intelligence. Saudi Arabians are now believed to have underwritten some of the costs entailed in transferring al-Qaida fighters from Afghanistan via Iran to safe havens in the Gulf.

[classygreeneyedblonde]

It's funny that everything always points back to the Saudis hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[onedoug]

Now, what's this about a war on terror?

[Mike Darancette]

Uh-Oh!

[Fish out of Water]

Bump

[aimhigh]

The Saudi's just ran a full page add in the Oregonian newspaper, saying they are united with the US. It had a picture of a white dove. (ya know - Islam = peace & love). Saudi Arabia is more repressive than China.

[Cold Heat]

I was wondering what got the Saudi's even more defensive during the past couple of days.

[MississippiMan]

I know this is wrong because the Saudis are our friends.

Over and out.

MM

[Cicero]

In general I think very well of President Bush. But sometime soon he is going to have to decide which is more important, his family's long-standing friendship with the Saudi royal family, or the safety and security of the United States and its citizens. The Saudis were involved with Al Quaeda up to their eyebrows. At least half the ringleaders were Saudis. They have funded Islamic terrorism all over the world. It is not altogether clear that they ever truly repudiated Osama Bin Laden, or just pretended to. And they have refused to cooperate in investigations since 9/11.

It's one thing to have supported Islamic fundamentalism before 9/11. It's a great deal more disturbing to continue supporting known terrorists after 9/11, when the choice is crystal clear.

Bush said, "Either you are with us, or against us." It's far from clear that the Saudis are with us. They are STILL dragging their feet, obstructing investigations, and even helping the other side.

[classygreeneyedblonde]

Not one of those middle eastern countries that are any good except Israel

[Dog Gone]

Sounds like another Debka fantasy to me.

[brewcrew]

I see you're using your "green to gold" text morph. Go Packers?

[CARTOUCHE]

Will it matter in the end if it was the Saudi Royals that did the financing? I mean, if the financing was done by, say, Osama's Daddy or a close relative, would it matter to the Israeli's or to the US? If in fact it was done by the Saudi government what would be our recorse, what would Israel's be? Any guesses? If this is incomprehensible, sorry, I'm on my second glass of Burgundy to counteract the cholesterol in the hotdogs I just ate.

[StoneColdGOP]

Amen to that! We need the folks in the State Department to realize as such...

[NEJake]

I wonder how much this is related to the Russian decision to increase oil production...?

It would certainly become interesting if Russian oil production increased in earnest, and EU and the US started buying more of the Russian oil and much, much less from the Middle East.

One could see very interesting dynamics take over if the infidel cash cows were to start thumbing their noses at the Middle Eastern cartels.

[Robert_Paulson2]

they are not our friends.

[classygreeneyedblonde]

Well I could use yellow n black but I hate yellow

[hobblemaster]

Any wonder why Saudi Arabia wants US troops out of their country.

[VoiceOfBruck]

It's funny that everything always points back to the Saudis hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

No kidding, it doesn't look good.

[TexanToTheCore]

It is directly related to the Russian oil deals. We're cutting Saudi out of the "money loop". Probably a good thing to invest in "Training Camels for Dummies".

[classygreeneyedblonde]

I don't think they ever were