Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08ASMARA569
2008-12-01 14:00:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Asmara
Cable title:
PRIVATE SAUDIS PROVIDE MOST ARS FUNDING
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ASMARA 000569
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR AF/E,
LONDON AND PARIS FOR AFRICA WATCHERS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/30/2018
TAGS: PREL PINS ASEC SO ER
SUBJECT: PRIVATE SAUDIS PROVIDE MOST ARS FUNDING
REF: ASMARA 542
Classified By: Ambassador Ronald K. McMullen for Reason 1.4 (d)
(C) A contact from inside the hard-line Alliance for the
Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) informed Emboff on November 25
that unnamed private Saudi donors provide most of the ARS's
funding. The contact told Emboff in a previous conversation
that Gulf country donors (Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E, Qatar, and
Iran) provide the ARS with "hundreds of millions" of dollars
(reftel). The contact added that the Eritrean government
siphons off 60% of the funds prior to giving the ARS its cut.
MCMULLEN
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR AF/E,
LONDON AND PARIS FOR AFRICA WATCHERS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/30/2018
TAGS: PREL PINS ASEC SO ER
SUBJECT: PRIVATE SAUDIS PROVIDE MOST ARS FUNDING
REF: ASMARA 542
Classified By: Ambassador Ronald K. McMullen for Reason 1.4 (d)
(C) A contact from inside the hard-line Alliance for the
Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) informed Emboff on November 25
that unnamed private Saudi donors provide most of the ARS's
funding. The contact told Emboff in a previous conversation
that Gulf country donors (Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E, Qatar, and
Iran) provide the ARS with "hundreds of millions" of dollars
(reftel). The contact added that the Eritrean government
siphons off 60% of the funds prior to giving the ARS its cut.
MCMULLEN