From coverage of classified State Department documents exposed by WikiLeaks: “In February 2007, the US Embassy in Riyadh [Saudi Arabia] cabled the following prediction back to Washington: ‘The Saudi leadership acknowledges privately that the war on terrorism will not be won for many years.’ “ [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]
– Yassin Musharbash, “The Many Headed Hydra: A Difficult US Fight to Choke Off Terror Finance,” Der Spiegel, Dec. 7, 2010