The American Wahhabi alliance

"During the 1980s, an alliance was born between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan (or more properly the Pakistani army) and the US which has proved extraordinarily durable. It has been one of the main supports of American predominance in the region, but also provided a seed plot for jihadist movements of which Osama Bin Laden’s al-Qa’ida was originally only one strain." "The price of the triple alliance between the US, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan was the jihadi movement."