Source: Wikileaks – Tehran Times.

TEHRAN, 12 Sep 2011 – Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has reportedly said that Saudi Arabia is main sponsor of terrorism in Iraq, alleging that the U.S.-backed monarchy intends to stoke a civil war in the Middle Eastern country.

Newly released classified U.S. diplomatic cables by the reputed whistleblower website WikiLeaks reveal details of U.S. State Department cables on meetings between Prime Minister Maliki, General David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker in 2008 in which Maliki accuses Iraq’s Arab neighbors of funding proxy groups to foment violence in an attempt to destabilize the country, the Al Jazeera network reported Friday.

Moreover, in a May 2007 cable, the Iraqi prime minister stated to Petraeus and Crocker that “I told Vice President Cheney that (Saudi) Prince Muqrin is funding a Sunni army to oppose the Shia army.”

Maliki then went on to add that the Saudis “have a culture that supports terrorism” and that if the Persian Gulf countries want to address the issue of terrorism then they should start with Saudi Arabia.

“If they (the Persian Gulf Arab states) want to talk about violence, maybe we should have a conference about Saudi Arabia. Most terrorists here are Saudis… The Saudi people have a culture that supports terrorism. The Saudi government cannot control it, and they cannot get rid of the terrorist institutions that are creating and funding terrorism,” the leaked cables reveal.

http://www.tehrantimes.com/index.php/middle-east/2479-maliki-believes-saudis-are-main-sponsors-of-terrorism-in-iraq-wikileaks-

NOTE by the editor: In Iraq the usual thing would be that Shias blame mainly Saudi Arabia and Sunnis (and Americans) blame mainly Iran for ‘interferance and terrorism’. Allah knows best…