Army chiefs tell Government: stop Gulf states funding terrorism

Pressure is mounting on the Government to take action against wealthy Gulf states accused of funding Islamist terrorism after the beheading of Alan Henning, the British aid worker kidnapped in Syria.
Two retired generals and a former defence secretary claimed that nations such as Qatar and Saudi Arabia were helping the rise of violent extremism by channelling cash to terrorist groups such as Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isil), which carried out Mr Henning’s murder.
The trio of senior military figures said air strikes against Isil were insufficient to defeat the terrorist threat. Instead, they called on the Government to pressure Gulf leaders into tackling extremism by strangling the funding of terrorist networks and the religious ideology that fuels them.
Investigations by The Telegraph suggest that tens of millions of pounds have been raised for Isil — and al-Qaeda — by wealthy individuals in the Gulf region while its leaders have “turned a blind eye” to the problem or been complicit in funding certain groups.
In a series of exposés, The Telegraph has highlighted the links between a network of Qatari moneymen and terrorist fighters on the ground in Syria and Iraq.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/11141539/Army-chiefs-tell-Government-stop-Gulf-states-funding-terrorism.html

Didge, they will not do a thing about it. Those countries mentioned buy millions of pounds of armaments from us and the usa, and we buy a lot of oil from them. A lot of money involved , no one will rock the boat.

Agreed Nicko, but it is time to rethink this, as is money worth more than the safety of nations.

nicko wrote:Didge,  they will not do a thing about it. Those countries mentioned buy millions of pounds of armaments from us and the usa,  and we buy a lot of oil from them.  A lot of money involved , no one will rock the boat.

Well, it would be important to know who these guys are...Tories probably.

Original Quill wrote:

nicko wrote:Didge,  they will not do a thing about it. Those countries mentioned buy millions of pounds of armaments from us and the usa,  and we buy a lot of oil from them.  A lot of money involved , no one will rock the boat.

Well, it would be important to know who these guys are...Tories probably.

I think you will find it is all parties.

Well, they only mention three.

Original Quill wrote:Well, they only mention three.

Well tories is just is just one party