Title: Which Nations Are State Sponsors of Terrorism? - Modern Diplomacy
Headings: Which Nations Are State Sponsors of Terrorism?
Intelligence
Which Nations Are State Sponsors of Terrorism?
Concerning Saudi Arabia:
Concerning Qatar:
Concerning Kuwait:
Concerning UAE:
Concerning Pakistan:
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Content: Al-Qa’ida and other groups continue to exploit Kuwait both as a source of funds and as a key transit point. … Clinton noted that though
Kuwait’s law prohibits efforts to undermine or attack Arab neighbors, … the GOK [Government of Kuwait] faces an uphill battle to implement comprehensive terror finance legislation due to a lack of parliamentary support. In other words: Kuwait’s aristocracy refused to donate to jihadist groups that attack themselves or the aristocracies of other “Arab” countries, but did contribute to jihadist groups which attacked non -Arab countries. Furthermore, the official reason why they did was that the parliament, which consists of people who are elected by the public, supported jihadists who attacked non -Arab countries. ( Actually, when they supported jihadists trying to take over Syria, they were violating that rule, but only because those Sunni jihadists would be replacing a Shiite leader, Bashar al-Assad, who was, to them, even worse: he’s a non-sectarian Shiite, whose political party, the Ba’athist Party, is committed to a separation between church-and-state.) The Washington Post’s Karen DeYoung headlined on 25 April 2014, “Kuwait, ally on Syria, is also the leading funder of extremist rebels.” She reported that, “Last month, the administration decided to go public with its concerns. … Such fundraising was not illegal in Kuwait until last year, when the government took advantage of an unrelated parliamentary boycott to push through a new law.