via rawstory.com
File under "no shit": A quick aside in a New York Times article about leaked diplomatic cables is sure to spark renewed interest about the role of the US' biggest ally in the Gulf supporting terrorism.
In their wide-ranging précis of the leaked cables, Times reporters Scott Shane and Andrew Lehren mention in passing a key detail from one of the diplomatic dispatches: "Saudi donors remain the chief financiers of Sunni militant groups like Al Qaeda."Saudi Arabia is 100% Sunni. Saudi Wahhabi extremism is exported all over the Muslim world. Saudis are fond of beheadings [Nick Berg].
All these facts were known and the US did nothing. Not saying it was all Bush, but his administration did not seem to care that Bin Laden and most of his hi-jackers were Saudis as he invaded Afghanistan and Iraq.
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