The Saudi connection

It will come as no surprise to hear that various Muslim extremist groups in the Netherlands are being financed by Saudi Arabia:

A director of the Islamic foundation Al Waqf al Islami in Eindhoven, Ahmad Al Hussaini, is included in a list of 20 Saudi Arabian business leaders alleged to have provided financial support to the Al Qaeda terror network.

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But the [Dutch secret service] AIVD included the Al Waqf al Islami foundation in a report last year that identified the foundation as one of several extremist groups with close ties with Islamic primary schools in the Netherlands. The foundation was also described as a radical Islamic group.

These recent revelations are just further confirmation of the role that Saudi money is playing in supporting Islamofascist terrorism. Politicians are stirring again, and the parliamentary representatives of the CDA, VVD and LPF are demanding (link likely to go stale, sorry) that the foreign minister summon the Saudi ambassador for an explanation. They also demand that the Dutch government force that Saudis to stop such support. It's a thought I fully support, but somehow I don't think it's going to make much of a difference, but at least the realization of the Saudis' role in the subversion is getting more play here. The Saudis are not going to be impressed by the protestations of a tiny, insignificant country like the Netherlands. We need President Bush to put its weight behind this. As Glenn Reynolds has been saying on Instapundit, this has been one of the big blind spots in this current administration's War on Terror. Until now, pragmatic expediency of getting rid of Saddam meant that the Saudis would have to be dealt with later. Now that Saddam is gone, the time has come to start ratcheting up the pressure on the Saudis. If even the Dutch are willing to do it, then why not the Americans?