Blog: Why Saudi Arabia is the real target
This is why concentrating on Iraq has lead to such a convoluted and – to some – apparently contradictory foreign policy on behalf of the UK/US alliance. A Saudi Arabian elite bankrolled much of al Quaida’s activites in the past, and bin Laden is from there. Most of the hijackers were from Saudi Arabia. In Saudi, the tradition of donating to fundamentalist muslim groups by oil-wealthy families is practically considered