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| Saudis give $100m for global counter-terror centre | |
| 2013-08-10 | |
Reaffirming his country's determination to combat terrorism, The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, has donated $100 million for supporting the international counterterrorism centre under the UN.
He also called for joint international efforts to fight terrorism without any leniency toward militants and their sponsors. 'We should understand that terrorism will not disappear within a limited period. So we have to be prepared for a long fight with terrorism. 'Whenever we try to tighten the noose it could become increasingly aggressive and violent. But we have strong faith in God that it would be defeated,' the message said. While the Saudi King along with Prince Salman cautioned the Ummah (nation or community) against the danger paused by the distorted ideologies, King Abdullah stressed at the importance of activating the international counterterrorism centre, which he proposed during an anti-terror conference in Riyadh February 5, 2005. Saudi Arabia had previously donated $10 million for the counterterrorism centre. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #4 He who pays the piper calls the tune. The House of Saud has been impacting tertiary education in this way for decades, with endowed programs for this at Harvard and endowed chairs for that at Yale and Georgetown and elsewhere. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2013-08-10 13:56 |
| #3 Terror=Shite/Christian/Jewish etc |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2013-08-10 13:51 |
| #2 Why the UN and not Interpol I wonder? Best way to launder the bribes I guess. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2013-08-10 07:45 |
| #1 Talk about Chutzpah. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-08-10 03:45 |