"Regional politics also plays a role. Iran and Saudi Arabia financed
rival Shiite and Sunni militant groups in the 1990s, as part of a proxy
war for influence. Experts say that, while the Iranian financing has
slowed dramatically, private Saudi funds continue to pour in.
In a State Department cable dated December 2009 and published by
WikiLeaks, Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton noted that “donors
in Saudi Arabia constitute the most significant source of funding to
Sunni terrorist groups worldwide.”"
