In a September 2014 news analysis for NBC News, a former US Navy Admiral acknowledged that significant funding for the radical jihadist group ISIS comes from sources within Qatar and Saudi Arabia, countries with close diplomatic ties to the US.
NBC reported that former U.S. Navy Admiral and NATO Supreme Commander James Stavridis and other US officials say the biggest share of the individual donations supporting ISIS comes from Qatar rather than Saudi Arabia.
Stavridis said:
"These rich Arabs are like what 'angel investors' are to tech start-ups, except they are interested in starting up groups who want to stir up hatred,"
In March of that year, Iraqi President Al Maliki made the same accusation,
saying of Qatar and Saudi Arabia:

Obama with Qatar Emir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani
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"I accuse them of inciting and encouraging the terrorist movements. I accuse them of supporting them politically and in the media, of supporting them with money and by buying weapons for them,"
The Gulf monarchies of Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates have long been considered close allies of the US and Israel in the "global war on terror." With US backing, Qatar is to be the site of the 2022 FIFA World Cup....Read more:
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