Saudis help to various Islamic countries including Pakistan comes in various terms. Most of us are grateful to them a lot. So much so that one of the most important roads is “Shahrah e Faisal”, after Shah Faisal of Saudi. Also, Pakistan’s largest mosque is FAISAL mosque. Even a whole city of Lyallpur was renamed as FAISALABAD.
But Pakistan has actually paid a lot heavier prices than this for Saudi financial support. For example, Pakistan after Zia gave Saudis FULL excess to preach and appoint clerics of their own brand of Islam everywhere in Pakistan.
And there has no turning back ever since…
The brand of Islam Saudis preach calls for absolutely NO tolerance for ANYONE who disagrees with them. Hence lal masjid issue and suicide bombings from these fanatics against Pakistan we are witnessing today is direct result of Saudi financial support to these elements.
Saudi govt and its nationals are now playing similar game in Iraq. Following is an article which admits that biggest trouble in Iraq is not Iran/Syria/Lebanon, but actually it is Saudis. They are now radicalizing common Iraqis in their fanatic ideology as well.
Iraq insurgency said to include many Saudis
Sunni extremists from Saudi Arabia make up half the foreign fighters in Iraq, many suicide bombers, a U.S. official says.
BAGHDAD — Although Bush administration officials have frequently lashed out at Syria and Iran, accusing it of helping insurgents and militias here, the largest number of foreign fighters and suicide bombers in Iraq come from a third neighbor, Saudi Arabia, according to a senior U.S. military officer and Iraqi lawmakers.
About 45% of all foreign militants targeting U.S. troops and Iraqi civilians and security forces are from Saudi Arabia; 15% are from Syria and Lebanon; and 10% are from North Africa, according to official U.S. military figures made available to The Times by the senior officer. Nearly half of the 135 foreigners in U.S. detention facilities in Iraq are Saudis, he said.
Fighters from Saudi Arabia are thought to have carried out more suicide bombings than those of any other nationality, said the senior U.S. officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the subject’s sensitivity. It is apparently the first time a U.S. official has given such a breakdown on the role played by Saudi nationals in Iraq’s Sunni Arab insurgency.
He said 50% of all Saudi fighters in Iraq come here as suicide bombers. In the last six months, such bombings have killed or injured 4,000 Iraqis.
Americans, under influence of Zionist leader like Bush and Chenney, are blaming nations who are disliked by Israel (Iran/Syria). They are working for Israel’s interests instead of working for America. And average American is dumb enough not to see this.
U.S. officials remain sensitive about the relationship. Asked why U.S. officials in Iraq had not publicly criticized Saudi Arabia the way they had Iran or Syria, the senior military officer said, “Ask the State Department. This is a political juggernaut.”
Last week when U.S. military spokesman Bergner declared Al Qaeda in Iraq the country’s No. 1 threat, he released a profile of a thwarted suicide bomber, but said he had not received clearance to reveal his nationality. The bomber was a Saudi national, the senior military officer said Saturday.
The fighter, a young college graduate whose mother was a teacher and father a professor, had been recruited in a mosque to join Al Qaeda in Iraq. He was given money for a bus ticket and a phone number to call in Syria to contact a handler who would smuggle him into Iraq.
Once the young Saudi made it in, he was under the care of Iraqis who gave him his final training and indoctrination. At the very last minute, the bomber decided he didn’t want to blow himself up. He was supposed to have been one of two truck bombers on a bridge outside Ramadi. When the first truck exploded, he panicked and chose not to trigger his own detonator, and Iraqi police arrested him.