House of Bush House of Saud by Craig Unger

House of Bush House of Saud by Craig Unger

This is a PB of the acclaimed "House of Bush House of Saud". Expanded with new material and a new Afterword by Craig Unger, this book reveals new evidence of the controversial Saudi-Bush relationship and its effect on terrorism. In this updated edition, Craig Unger probes with documents and intelligence sources into the religious extremism of Saudi Arabia under its particular brand of Wahhabi Islam espoused by the royal House of Saud. He shows that the seeds for the 'age of terrorism' were planted nearly 30 years ago in the Kingdom, fanned through the long-lived business and governmental connections between the House of Saud and House of Bush. It is a relationship that is seemingly at times difficult to distinguish from favouritism. Unger shows how as alongside the relationship, the flame of terrorism was kindled as a by-product through the growth of a complex financial network, at one stage comprising the fraudulent bank of BCCI (currently the cause Bank of England litigation). Unger shows that to this day (even immediately after 9/11) the Bush Administration has been curiously reluctant to stem the financial life-blood of terrorism by clamping down on Saudi Arabia. Despite its rhetoric on being tough, he shows that the Bush Administration has been fighting a war of mirrors with the press rather than organise effective curbs on terrorist financing. Equally, he shows how Saudia Arabia is only half-heartedly dealing with the internal problems it has because of the tensions between its autocratic rule and its fundamentalist state religion that condones Saudi punishments such as beheading and cutting off of hands for petty crimes.

"'UK terrorists got cash from Saudi Arabia before 7/7' The Sunday Telegraph 7 August 2005"

Craig Unger is an expert on terrorism and the oil industry. He investigated Bush's roles in the Iran-contra scandal and when the September 11 attacks took place, Unger saw a pattern which prompted him to write this book. A distinguished journalist, he was editor-in-chief of Boston Magazine and has appeared on BBC News Night, BBC News, Channel Four News, Al Jazeera and the Today Programme.

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ISBN 13	9781903933626
ISBN 10	1903933625
Title	House of Bush House of Saud
Author	Craig Unger
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Gibson Square Books Ltd
Year published	2005-07-29
Number of pages	368
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