Not that this is surprising really, or even news, but nestled amongst the nuggets of information in the Wikileaks ‘Cablegate’ is more affirmation that Saudi Arabia is funding our ‘enemy’.

In their wide-ranging précis of the leaked cables, Times reporters Scott Shane and Andrew Lehren mention in passing a key detail from one of the diplomatic dispatches: “Saudi donors remain the chief financiers of Sunni militant groups like Al Qaeda.”