Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) -- In August last year, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak was not happy with Saudi Arabia. He complained that the Saudis appeared to be funding an opposition candidate, Anwar Ibrahim, in upcoming elections. What's more, the Malaysian authorities suspected two senior Saudi princes of involvement. The Saudis launched an investigation, and uncovered something very different -- and more alarming. A secret report seen by CNN concludes: "There is no evidence any Saudi official ever supported Anwar Ibrahim" and "claims of support from the Saudi royals named in the initial report [names redacted] were found to be without basis."Secret report found hundreds of millions of dollars of Saudi money had been funneled to leading Islamist politicians and political activists overseasReport says al Qaeda and the Taliban were still able to use Saudi Arabia for fund-raisingA complex web of Islamic charities and banks as well as the Muslim Brotherhood have been sources of cash, report says
According to a Saudi source who is not authorized to speak publically, "People close to the senior leadership of the _ live in Saudi Arabia and send money back" [to the Taliban]. According to a Saudi source who is not authorized to speak publically, "People close to the senior leadership of the Taliban live in _ and send money back" [to the Taliban].