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Everything You Don't Want To Know About #Terrorism?
The United States Saudi Arabia tag-team that opened the Pandora's box.
Bandar Bin Sultan who was Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to US (& its de facto Foreign Minister) said this on Dec 15, 2003 at City Club of Cleveland. #Thread
Everything You Don't Want To Know About #Terrorism?
The United States Saudi Arabia tag-team that opened the Pandora's box.
Bandar Bin Sultan who was Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to US (& its de facto Foreign Minister) said this on Dec 15, 2003 at City Club of Cleveland. #Thread
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Answering a question from the audience citing @usnews report that KSA spent $70 billion in the 80s and 90s to promote jihad and “made it an international industry...and promote Wahabism” through educational systems around the world, here is Bandar (Bin Bush) said on record:
Answering a question from the audience citing @usnews report that KSA spent $70 billion in the 80s and 90s to promote jihad and “made it an international industry...and promote Wahabism” through educational systems around the world, here is Bandar (Bin Bush) said on record:
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“I think what you are referring to are the madrassas….here I am gonna tell you& probably for the first time many of you would hear this in public: In the 80s when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia& US made an alliance to get the Soviets out of Afghanistan....
“I think what you are referring to are the madrassas….here I am gonna tell you& probably for the first time many of you would hear this in public: In the 80s when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia& US made an alliance to get the Soviets out of Afghanistan....
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We agreed to match dollar for dollar….During 81 to 88 there were lots of refugees who were orphans & they would cross the border to Pakistan….& American suggestion came: Why can’t we build those young refugees schools & 'schools' in Arabic is madrassa.
We agreed to match dollar for dollar….During 81 to 88 there were lots of refugees who were orphans & they would cross the border to Pakistan….& American suggestion came: Why can’t we build those young refugees schools & 'schools' in Arabic is madrassa.
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The idea was to feed them, cloth them & teach them religious studies & then reclycle them to their countries when they go back to their countries they have to take revenge because their parents were killed by the Soviets & fight the colonial in country who is an atheist...
The idea was to feed them, cloth them & teach them religious studies & then reclycle them to their countries when they go back to their countries they have to take revenge because their parents were killed by the Soviets & fight the colonial in country who is an atheist...
This idea was genius at the time, and it was.
* For more details, here is the audio version of that dust-gathering speech. https://www.cityclub.org/forums/2003/12/15/prince-bandar-bin-sultan
* This Afghanistan Model is still utilized in some hot spots around the world to keep Global War on Terrorism fueled. #Thread
* For more details, here is the audio version of that dust-gathering speech. https://www.cityclub.org/forums/2003/12/15/prince-bandar-bin-sultan
* This Afghanistan Model is still utilized in some hot spots around the world to keep Global War on Terrorism fueled. #Thread
