Adel bin Abdul-Jalil Batterjee is a noted Saudi Arabian businessman and philanthropist, most widely known as the incorporator of the U. S. , Canadian, and Saudi Arabian branches of the purported terrorist funding conduit Benevolence International Foundation (q. The Benevolence International Foundation ( BIF) was a purported nonprofit Charitable trust based in Saudi Arabia. v. ). [1] Batterjee is free in Saudi Arabia, but is under a worldwide travel ban, financial embargo, and weapons embargo by the UN 1267 Committee[2] and a financial embargo the US Department of the Treasury. The United Nations Security Council Committee 1267, also known as the Al-Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions Committee, was established by the United Nations The United States Department of the Treasury is a Cabinet department and the Treasury of the United States government. [3]
As of 2002 Batterjee was head of the Al Shamal Islamic Bank in Sudan and was one of its largest shareholders. The Al-Shamal Islamic Bank of Khartoum, founded in 1983 is one of the major financial institutions of Sudan, and one of the leading Islamic banks worldwide [1] According to a 1996 U. S. State Department factsheet[4] the bank was capitalized with $50 million by Osama bin Laden and other National Islamic Front members. Osama bin Laden, with some spelling variations is the name used in English to refer to (أسامة بن محمد بن عوض بن لادن born 10 March For the Afghan Pashtun political party led by Pir Pir Sayyed Ahmad Gillani, see National Islamic Front (Afghanistan. Al-Qaeda members who were funded via this bank included Jamal al-Fadl and Wadih el-Hage. Wadih el-Hage ( وديع الحاج) alias Abd'al Sabur (عبد الصبور alias the Manager is a former Al-Qaeda member who is serving life [4]
References
- ^ a b Josh Devon and James Mitre (October 28, 2002). The Man Behind the Curtain: Why is Adel Batterjee free to fund terror?. National Review.
- ^ UN list of affiliates of al-Qaeda and the Taliban
- ^ Former BIF Leader and al-Qaida Associate Named Under E.O. 13224, press release by US Treasury, 21 December 2004
- ^ a b Trail of terrorist dollars that spans the world, Financial Times, 29 November 2001
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