Britain’s former Home Secretary David Blunkett has accused Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait of “oiling the wheels of terror” around the world.
Blunkett has written in the Sunday Telegraph that the money made through the sale of crude in the oil-rich Persian Gulf Arab kingdoms is being used to purchase arms and communication facilities for the terrorist group of ISIL.
“They cannot parade on the international scene their desire to assist in taking on the global threat from extremism but then condone, in their own back yard, those providing the means to carry through that deadly intent,” he wrote.
The former Home Secretary believes the Arab monarchies must take action against their citizens involved in such funding.
Now the publisher and editor of the UK-based magazine, Politics First, Dr. Marcus Papadopoulos says: “Britain does have a very important role to play in exposing to the international community the role those countries (Saudi Arabia, Qatar & Kuwait) are playing in exporting and encouraging religious terrorism.”
But he notes that “the Americans, the British and the French together with the Saudis and the Qataris and the Kuwaitis weakened the Syrian government” to create terrorists groups such as ISIL.
“The whole irony of the West’s position on Syria is that it actually has created the bloody turmoil that we see in Syria today,” he added.
Dr. Papadopoulos went on to say that “Saudi Arabia in particular hasn’t just started supporting religious extremist groups in the last few years in Syria, for the last 30 years, it has been the leading exporter of religious extremism to the world.”
Riyadh and Doha officially reject any nexus with Takfiri groups. But the two Arab states are accused of using their vast oil wealth to support and promote the Takfiri ideology.