Former MI6 Director: 'Islamist Terror Is Little Threat To The West, And Saudis Are Backing Iraqi Jihad'

'Islamist Terror Is Little Threat To The West, And Saudis Are Backing Iraqi Jihad': Is This Former Spy Chief Right? -- The Telegraph

On Monday afternoon, Richard Dearlove, the former director of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS, or MI6) gave a public speech to the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in London.

After leaving his post under the cloud of Iraq, Dearlove became master of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Last summer, he briefly hit the headlines when when he threated to publicise his account of the run-up to the invasion “depending on what Chilcot publishes” – a reference to the Chilcot Inquiry into the war, which was due three years ago and may now only be released in the next parliament.

Dearlove’s short speech on Monday is now likely to put him straight back into the headlines, as well as to irritate his former colleagues in the intelligence services and the Government itself.

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My Comment: Not much to argue with what Ricahrd Dearlove is saying. The Sunni - Shiite war has definitely resulted in having the radicals for both religions focused on fighting each other .... and not the West. And Saudi Arabia has always turned a blind eye to Saudi radical groups and their support for Jihad with the understanding that they do not focus their attention on the Kingdom. but the problem is .... how long is this going to last before they do focus their attention on us?