Saudis Shut Down Terror-Linked Charity

After a string of terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia, Saudi officials have shut down a charity that it says has ties to terrorism. The charity had been suspected of providing funds to "al-Qaida and related terrorist organizations."

In a statement released today, members of the Saudi government revealed the reasons for the action did not lie with the charity's ties to terrorism, but with the charity itself as a method of funding. "We firmly believe that terrorism should be a business, not a charity," the statement declared. The Saudis recommended that future terrorist funds be directed to money-making companies. "We urge those thinking about donating funds to terror-linked money-laundering charities to instead direct their hard earned money to terror-linked money-laundering corporations."