“Obama is Right: The Gulf Arabs Ride Free on Terrorism” (David Andrew Weinberg, The National Interest)
“Indeed, the Gulf region stands at the intersection of two powerful and pivotal trends: fundamentalist ideological currents and enormous wealth from oil and natural gas. That confluence allegedly makes it a top source -- some have argued the top source -- of private donations to certain menacing terrorist organizations such as Al Qaeda, the Taliban, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hamas. Official sources told me earlier this year that Kuwait has yet to convict -- or even indict on terror-finance charges -- a single one of the ten or so living Kuwaiti nationals and residents who are subject to terror-finance sanctions by the United States and United Nations. They also indicated that one or two of the men may still be employed at Kuwait’s flagship state university, and the local press has reported that one sanctioned Kuwaiti has also been given his mosque pulpit back by order of the state. In Qatar, there is reason to believe circumstances are more or less the same.”
“Indeed, the Gulf region stands at the intersection of two powerful and pivotal trends: fundamentalist ideological currents and enormous wealth from oil and natural gas. That confluence allegedly makes it a top source -- some have argued the top source -- of private donations to certain menacing terrorist organizations such as Al Qaeda, the Taliban, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hamas. Official sources told me earlier this year that Kuwait has yet to convict -- or even indict on terror-finance charges -- a single one of the ten or so living Kuwaiti nationals and residents who are subject to terror-finance sanctions by the United States and United Nations. They also indicated that one or two of the men may still be employed at Kuwait’s flagship state university, and the local press has reported that one sanctioned Kuwaiti has also been given his mosque pulpit back by order of the state. In Qatar, there is reason to believe circumstances are more or less the same.”
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