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Two countries didn’t know they were in Saudi Arabia’s Muslim coalition against terrorism

Dec 20, 2015 10:29 am By Robert Spencer

War is deceit, said Muhammad. Saudi Arabia is the single country that is primarily responsible for spreading the belief system that incites terrorism around the world, so their commitment to fighting it is questionable at best, aside from protecting the House of Saud from encroachments from the caliphate that the House of Saud has done so much to promote.

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“Two countries had no idea they were in Saudi Arabia’s Muslim coalition to fight terrorism,” by Rebecca Flood, The Independent, December 19, 2015 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

Earlier this week Saudi Arabia announced a new 34-country coalition of Muslim nations to fight terrorism, but two of the key countries have said they had no idea they were involved.

The countries from Asia, Africa and the Arab world were combining their efforts to combat extremism, according to the Saudis, who have faced mounting pressure to step up efforts in addressing the threat of extremism.

Delivering the announcement on Tuesday, defence minister Mohammed bin Salman said: “Currently, every Muslim country is fighting terrorism individually… so co-ordinating efforts is very important.”

The coalition is targeting extremists in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Egypt and Afghanistan.

But following the statement at least two governments have claimed they were not aware of their own involvement. Pakistan’s foreign secretary, Aizaz Chaudhry, has been quoted as saying he only learnt of his country’s inclusion in the alliance from news reports.

He is said to have phoned the country’s ambassador in Saudi capital Riyadh – where a joint operations centre is planned – for clarification. Senior officials claimed they were not consulted beforehand.

Despite being a long-term ally of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan has refrained from joining its military exploits, instead reaffirming its position of non-involvement in Middle Eastern conflicts. In November, army spokesman Lt Gen Asim Bajwa stated: “We are not looking for any involvement outside our region.”

Lebanon was also equally baffled country following the announcement, according to Lebanese media outlet Naharnet. The Prime Minister Tammam Salam reportedly welcomed the news, saying: “Lebanon is at the forefront of the confrontation with terrorism.”

In contrast the foreign ministry was adamant they had no “memo or phone call mentioning this coalition.” They added they had :”No knowledge whatsoever of the issue of forming an Islamic anti-terror coalition.”

The office also questioned whether the move encroached on their ‘constitutional jurisdiction on foreign affairs’.

Indonesia was also said to be still deciding whether to join, while Malaysia ruled out any military intervention….

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  1. Don McKellar says

    Dec 20, 2015 at 10:46 am

    “…their efforts to combat extremism…”

    Yes, it’s important not to get too extreme or you might be executing people for witchcraft or banning women from driving cars or have sharia law police running around jailing people or have death sentences for apostates and atheists and gays on the books or have women walking around in black cloth coffins. Thank goodness Saudi Arabia isn’t an “extreme” moslem state, otherwise who’d fight “extremism” in the Middle East?

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 20, 2015 at 7:03 pm

      Excellent comments, Don–this shows just how laughably absurd the idea that Saudi Arabia is ‘fighting extremism’ is.

      • Shane says

        Dec 21, 2015 at 10:18 am

        Obama is not serious about destroying ISIS and neither is Hillary.

  2. pdxnag says

    Dec 20, 2015 at 10:46 am

    Could we convince Obama to cap their wells, in the interest of fighting Climate Change(tm)?

    • underbed cat says

      Dec 20, 2015 at 11:01 am

      Now, now, you can only cap the well of the infidel, cause infidel wells are crimminal….those can sit for a hundred years.,…only the railroad commission knows.

  3. underbed cat says

    Dec 20, 2015 at 10:50 am

    The definition of terrorism may be a lttle different when it comes from any OIC country.

    Like totally different. It certainly isn’t internal civil wars to establish the caliphate.

    It may be fighting against the non-believers…or the reverse .so no wonder they were shocked.

    All 57 of them, surely were shocked.

  4. Paleologos says

    Dec 20, 2015 at 11:33 am

    Why believe the Saudi clowns anyway?

    Don’t we thank them for all the wahabbi schools in the U.S.?

    http://www.nationalreview.com/article/207366/wahhabism-islam-us-stephen-schwartz

    R/

    Paleologos

  5. gravenimage says

    Dec 20, 2015 at 7:05 pm

    Two countries didn’t know they were in Saudi Arabia’s Muslim coalition against terrorism
    …………………………..

    This pretty much sums up the absurdity of our relying on Muslims to fight JIhad terror. It just ain’t gonna happen, and any claims that it might are just Taqiyya to lull the foolish Infidels into a false sense of security.

  6. Ann Day says

    Dec 20, 2015 at 7:07 pm

    an excellent analysis of the issue was published in Australia today, WELL WORTH A READ.
    http://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/military/why-arent-the-arab-nations-fighting-against-isis/news-story/e93735b85de675b26459aeea9512c395

  7. Angemon says

    Dec 20, 2015 at 8:28 pm

    Two countries had no idea they were in Saudi Arabia’s Muslim coalition to fight terrorism

    Did Saudi Arabia included them without telling them or are they trying to save face?

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