{"id":180280,"date":"2017-06-04T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2017\/06\/04\/but-the-house-of-saud-must-be-protected\/"},"modified":"2017-06-04T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T02:00:00","slug":"but-the-house-of-saud-must-be-protected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2017\/06\/04\/but-the-house-of-saud-must-be-protected\/","title":{"rendered":"But the House of Saud Must Be Protected"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>A sensitive report on terrorist funding is likely to be suppressed because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2017\/may\/31\/sensitive-uk-terror-funding-inquiry-findings-may-never-be-published-saudi-arabia\">it calls out the House of Saud&#8217;s role crucial in fomenting terrorism<\/a>:<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: blue;\">An investigation into the foreign funding and support of jihadi groups that was authorised by David Cameron may never be published, the Home Office has admitted. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: blue;\">The inquiry into revenue streams for extremist groups operating in the UK was commissioned by the former prime minister and is thought to focus on Saudi Arabia, which has repeatedly been highlighted by European leaders as a funding source for Islamist jihadis. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: blue;\">The investigation was launched as part of a deal with the Liberal Democrats in exchange for the party supporting the extension of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2015\/dec\/02\/syria-airstrikes-mps-approve-uk-action-against-isis-after-marathon-debate\">British airstrikes against Islamic State<\/a> into Syria in December 2015. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: blue;\">Tom Brake, the Lib Dem foreign affairs spokesman, has written to the prime minister asking her to confirm that the investigation will not be shelved. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: blue;\">\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: blue;\">The Lib Dem leader, Tim Farron, said he felt the government had not held up its side of the bargain made ahead of the vote on airstrikes. The report must be published when it was completed, he insisted, despite the Home Office caution that information in the document would be sensitive.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: blue;\">\u201cThat short-sighted approach needs to change. It is critical that these extreme, hardline views are confronted head on, and that those who fund them are called out publicly,\u201d he said.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: blue;\">\u201cIf the Conservatives are serious about stopping terrorism on our shores, they must stop stalling and reopen investigation into foreign funding of violent extremism in the UK.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We fight terrorism, and we cleave to the Persian Gulf potentiates who fund terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously:&nbsp; It&#8217;s time to fish or cut bait.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sensitive report on terrorist funding is likely to be suppressed because it calls out the House of Saud&#8217;s role crucial in fomenting terrorism: An investigation into the foreign funding and support of jihadi groups that was authorised by David Cameron may never be published, the Home Office has admitted. 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