THE SAUDI CONNECTION. (cover story)

SAUDI Arabian politics & government; TERRORISM financing; CHARITIES; JIHAD; POLITICAL participation of Muslims; TERRORISTS; RELIGION & politics; WAR on Terrorism, 2001-2009; INTELLIGENCE service; UNITED States. Secret Service

Reports on Saudi Arabia with the view that Saudi oil money supported the creation of a global terror network. The role of Saudi Islamic charities in funding jihadists in many countries; Details of how charities were used to spread Wahhabism; The role of Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, al Qaeda, and Afghanistan in forging bonds among Muslims who promote violence; Focus on the Muslim World League, Al Haramain Foundation, and the International Islamic Relief Organization; Background on the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency investigation of foreign jihadists in Bosnia and other countries; Probe by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation into terrorist fundraising; The issue of American desire for Saudi crude oil; Challenges facing Western intelligence services in penetrating terrorist cells; Idea that the Saudi royal family is trying to modernize the fundamentalist society; The lawsuit in U.S. courts filed against the Saudis by family members of terrorist victims.