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ISIS is an offshoot of Al Qaeda and the Saudis have always been a major target of Al Qaeda. Bin Laden attacked Riyadh before New York. The narrative pushed by
by tboyd47 10y ago
ISIS is an offshoot of Al Qaeda and the Saudis have always been a major target of Al Qaeda. Bin Laden attacked Riyadh before New York.
The narrative pushed by many journalists that ISIS is a Saudi ally is a complete fiction and big slander against the Saudis, who are very aggressive against ISIS.. The two have been at war since ISIS began.
- Cyph0n 10y agoThis is the correct answer. Other Gulf countries are similar. I've lived in the UAE, and I can tell you that they have a very hard stance on terrorism, both domestic and international. For example, the UAE has been bombing ISIS from the start. The same applies for Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar.
- PutinIsEvil 10y ago"we need to use our diplomatic and more traditional intelligence assets to bring pressure on the governments of Qatar and Saudi Arabia, which are providing clandestine financial and logistic support to ISIL and other radical Sunni groups in the region." Source: https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/3774 https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/3774 While the CIA has claimed these emails were hacked by Russia, they clearly stated they are authentic.