Heard about this on the Neal Boortz show while driving to work. Fortunately, Rusty has the story, so, do not have to look for it (NY Sun):
On the eve of the Annapolis summit on the Middle East conflict, the Saudi royal family released 1,500 members of Al Qaeda from prison, requiring them only to promise to refrain from jihad within the Arabian Peninsula.
“The committee has met around 5,000 times to offer counseling to 3,200 people, who were accused of embracing the takfir ideology. The committee has successfully completed reforming 1,500 people,” he said.
The question is, what do we do with our ally of convenience? How can we stop this kind of activity? As long as we rely on foreign oil, particularly from Muslim countries, of which 13% comes to us from Saudi Arabia, we will have to soft pedal our foreign policy in certain areas.
Rusty points to the Counterterrorism Blog: Yet More Evidence that the Majority of Foreign Fighters in Iraq Come from Saudi Arabia.
