Saudis uncover terror funding net?

Arab News:

Interior Minister Prince Naif has announced that security officials are close to uncovering the sources of terror funding in the Kingdom.

“We have found things (related to terror funding) ... that can be used as evidence against Al-Qaeda’s financial backers,” Prince Naif told Asharq Al-Awsat daily in an exclusive interview published yesterday.

“Without financial backing, terrorists could not have moved as they did,” Prince Naif said. He added that further investigations were needed in order to get a complete picture. He expressed hope that the findings of the investigation would soon be made public.

Prince Naif said the Kingdom was committed to confronting Al-Qaeda, regardless of the group’s change of tactics and methods.

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US officials might dispute that last claim, but I am sure they would applaud Saudi action against the financiers. It has become much harder for the funds to be transferred since 9-11 and that may have been what tipped Saudi authorities to this group. For a while the US had cooperation from European bankers on getting information on transfers but that source was lost after a NY Times story disclosed it.

The problem was the obsession of some over the lawfare approach to terrorism versus the warfare approach where you uncover your enemy's activities and do what is necessary to thwart them. The latter has been a much better deterrent than the lawfare approach used by the Clinton administration. Obama has indicated he wants to go back to those failed policies of the past.

The story also indicated that Iraq wants to ship some captured Saudis back to the kingdom. I am sure the Iraqis consider that good riddance as long as they are not permitted to come back.

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