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| Kuwait Arrests Suspected Qaida Financier |
| 2014-08-21 |
[AnNahar] A Kuwaiti, Hajjaj bin Fahd al-Ajmi, considered a financier of Al-Nusra Front, a Syrian rebel group linked to al-Qaeda, was juggedKeep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! Wednesday on his return from a visit to Qatar, activists said. They said on Twitter that Ajmi, 26, was arrested at Kuwait airport. The U.N. Security Council last Friday placed Ajmi and five other Islamists on an al-Qaeda sanctions list, imposing a travel ban and assets freeze. They are accused of providing money, fighters and weapons to murderous Moslem groups. In early August, the United States also imposed sanctions on Ajmi and two other Kuwaitis for allegedly raising money for Al-Nusra Front. Kuwait responded by pledging its commitment to fighting terrorism and its funding. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 Someone needs to organise some accidents in qatar. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2014-08-21 09:02 |
| #3 This funding goes way back. In the mid-nineteen eighties, given the Islamist revolution in Iran and jihad in Afghanistan, Islamist activists had a decided impact in the Gulf. Although it was officially banned in the region the Muslim Brotherhood's newspaper, Al Dawaa, circulated openly. Radicalization occurred thanks to funding from a combination of wealthy sheikhs and Muslim Brothers who resided in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. In the years that followed the Brothers who had infiltrated the Gulf banking sector continued to gave to jihadists, while the Brothers who infiltrated the education system were responsible for radicalizing many young men -- including many wealthy young men who even today give to Islamist causes. |
| Posted by: Beldar Sloque3832 2014-08-21 07:31 |
| #2 It is odd, Paul D. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-08-21 06:22 |
| #1 Kuwait and Qatar seem to come up alot re financing jihadi groups. |
| Posted by: Paul D 2014-08-21 03:08 |