Washington Ignores Saudi "Involvement in Supporting Terrorism and Terrorist Groups"
by A. Z. Mohamed • June 19, 2017 at 4:00 am
- Saudi Arabia is the second largest source of ISIS fighters from Muslim-majority countries, with an estimated 2,500, according to a working paper produced by the National Bureau of Economic Research. According to a report by the Institute for Gulf Affairs, a whopping 16% of these fighters were in the U.S. when they joined ISIS.
- An equally disturbing finding of the report is that the Saudi government, which has been monitoring its nationals in the U.S., is fully aware of the fact that many of them are joining ISIS and not only has done little to stop it, but has kept information about it from American authorities.
ISIS fighters, featured in a propaganda video by the group.
A new investigative report
reveals that hundreds of Saudi and Kuwaiti nationals residing in the
United States -- many of them students with dual citizenship and
receiving government scholarships -- have joined ISIS and other
terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq during the past three years.
Titled
"From American Campuses to ISIS Camps: How Hundreds of Saudis Joined
ISIS in the U.S.," the report -- released June 1 by the
Washington-D.C.-based think tank the Institute for Gulf Affairs (IGA) --
provides details of the flow of students leaving American institutions
of higher learning to fight in the Middle East.
According
to a 2016 working paper produced by the National Bureau of Economic
Research, Saudi Arabia is the second largest source of ISIS fighters
from Muslim-majority countries, with an estimated 2,500. If the IGA
report is accurate, a whopping 16% of these fighters were in the U.S.
when they joined ISIS.
Continue Reading Articlehttps://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/10542/saudi-arabia-terrorism
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