Saudi perfidy - III: educating extremists.

The Colonel is not the only one who thinks the Saudis have a huge debt to pay to the rest of world for their role in spreading killer Wahhabi juju:

SPIEGEL: And yet the situation in the neighboring republics is more troubled than ever ...

[Sergei] Ivanov: There are two reasons for the tensions. The social situation is difficult, and religious extremism is spreading among the Islamic faithful. This is a consequence of the collapse of the Soviet Union. After 1991, many Muslims went to Saudi Arabia and Pakistan for their education. We are now dealing with the consequences.

Sergei Ivanov is the Russian Defense Minister.

"Russia Sees Itself as a Country that Is Self-Sufficient." Der Spiegel Online, 11/27/06 <-- Johnson's Russia List (main site).