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KOMPAS.com - The mass media in the Middle East, as well as mass media in other parts of the world, is currently busy preaching the WikiLeaks site that continues to leak confidential documents concerning the issue of the Middle East. Not only Al-Jazeera television preach it, but also the print media.
Among the secret documents were leaked U.S. top officials feel disappointed towards his friends in the Middle East because they were half-hearted help stop the flow of U.S. aid to radical groups.
Mentioned, there are millions of dollars into the hands of radical groups, such as Tanzim al-Qaeda, the Taliban in Afghanistan, and Laskar e-Taiba in India.
Also disclosed, is a strategic gap in the UAE are exploited by radical groups operating in these groups raise funds in the country. U.S. high officials is also often criticized for Qatar as it is considered weak in the face of radical groups. Kuwait is considered a transit point for radical activists from various groups.
It also reveals the secret documents about the ways radical groups get funding, such as looting banks, foreign citizens hostage for ransom, hijacking ships off the coast of Somalia, was involved in narcotics trafficking, and use the Haj season.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had once sent a letter to a number of Arab leaders that includes the U.S. anxiety over Iran's plans to laundering money (money laundering) by 5-10 billion U.S. dollars through banks in the UAE.
Hillary in the letter requesting no political will of Arab leaders in the Gulf, particularly the United Arab Emirates, Iran plans to prevent money laundering for funds may not fall into the hands of radical network that could threaten stability in Pakistan and Afghanistan and is not used against troops U.S. in Iraq and Afghanistan.
However, Arab officials have rejected U.S. pressure to crackdown on agencies or personnel allegedly involved disburse funds on radical groups.
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