U.S. Helicopter Downed On Friday

    We all know about the U.S. helicopters that have been getting shot down at a quick pace in the last 2 weeks and the fact that the Bush administration is mostly blaming the Iranians for supplying newer weapons to the Iraqi insurgents to use against the U.S. and other groups.

    We are all used to Bush's rhetoric when it comes to blaming the wrong groups and people for various things and as of yet he has not shown any proof to lay on the Iranians door step. Cherry picking the false facts must be getting tough for him and his group of hoods.

   Anyway, while I was going through some articles that I keep on disk, I ran across this story from back in December.

Original Article

 Saudis reportedly funding Iraqi Sunni insurgents
Updated 12/8/2006 

CAIRO (AP) — Private Saudi citizens are giving millions of dollars to Sunni insurgents in Iraq and much of the money is used to buy weapons, including shoulder fired anti-aircraft missiles, according to key Iraqi officials and others familiar with the flow of cash.

Saudi government officials deny that any money from their country is being sent to Iraqis fighting the government and the U.S.-led coalition.

But the U.S. Iraq Study Group report said Saudis are a source of funding for Sunni Arab insurgents. Several truck drivers interviewed by The Associated Press described carrying boxes of cash from Saudi Arabia into Iraq, money they said was headed for insurgents.

Two high-ranking Iraqi officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the issue's sensitivity, told the AP most of the Saudi money comes from private donations, called zaqat, collected for Islamic causes and charities.

   The White House has never pointed their rhetoric in the Saudi direction even though this rumor/story has persisted for quite some time.

 

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