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Their Oil Is Thicker Than Our Blood

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Saudi Arabia and the Global Islamic Terrorist Network

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“Saudi Arabia remains a critical financial support base for Al-Qaeda, the Taliban, LeT (Lashkar-e-Taiba), and other terrorist groups, including Hamas,” read a cable dated December 30, 2009, from the United States secretary of state Hillary Clinton. This was one of the cables published by Wikileaks in late November 2010.1

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Ehrenfeld, R. (2011). Their Oil Is Thicker Than Our Blood. In: Stern, S.N. (eds) Saudi Arabia and the Global Islamic Terrorist Network. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230370715_10

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