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An excerpt from "The Golden Chain"
An excerpt from "The Golden Chain"

The "Golden Chain" or a list purported sponsors of al Qaeda that was seized in March of 2002 raid by Bosnian police authorities of the premises of the Benevolence International Foundation in Sarajevo. Al-Qaeda, alternatively spelled al-Qaida, al-Qa`ida or al-Qa`idah, ( Arabic:; ar-Latn ''al-qāʿidah'' Translation: The The Benevolence International Foundation ( BIF) was a purported nonprofit Charitable trust based in Saudi Arabia. The list includes at least 20 top Saudi and Gulf State financial sponsors including bankers, businessmen, and former ministers. Part of the list included computer file titles "Tarekh Osama" or "Osama History", but the appellation "Golden Chain" itself is due to al Qaeda defector Jamal al-Fadl, who vouched for its authenticity; the FBI later also pronounced the document as genuine.

Most accounts will be vague on what year the Golden Chain document was written; some say 1988. [1] but counterterrorism tsar Richard Clarke will say it dates from 1989. Richard Clarke may refer to Richard Clarke (footballer, (b 1985 Northern Irish footballer with Newry City Richard Clarke (frontiersman The "Golden Chain" was presented by the United States Government case USA v. Arnaout filed on January 29, 2003 and in other legal filings, which would cause its veracity and meaning to be brought under further scrutiny. Enaam Arnaout is an American of Syrian descent who pleaded guilty to using charitable donations to support fighters in Bosnia without apprising

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List of Sponsors

The donors named listed include:

Adel Batterjee

Adel Batterjee is a wealthy Saudi businessman who is also the founder of both BIF and its predecessor, Lajnatt Al-Birr Al-Islamiah. Adel bin Abdul-Jalil Batterjee is a noted Saudi Arabian businessman and philanthropist most widely known as the incorporator of the U He appears to be mentioned as a recipient three times. [2] The US will declare him as a terrorist financier in 2004.

"The Bin Laden Brothers"

Their first names are not mentioned. They give money to Osama bin Laden. UPI will later point out that "the discovery of this document in Sarajevo calls into question whether al-Qaeda has received support from one of Osama’s scores of wealthy brothers. "

Suleiman al-Rasheed

Al-Rasheed Trading & Contracting (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

Abdel Qader Bakri

(Alternatively spelled Abdulkader al Bakri, etc. ) Notable affiliations include:

Youssef Jameel

Ibrahim Muhammad Afandi

Notable affiliations include:

Saleh Abdullah Kamel

Born in 1941, Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Saleh Abdullah Kamel is CEO of Jeddah-based Dallah Al-Baraka, the 3rd largest commercial entity in Saudi Arabia. The Al-Rajhi Bank (مصرف الراجحي (known as the Al Rajhi Banking and Investment Corporation until a February 23 2006 name change is the world's largest Islamic Dallah Al-Baraka (دله البركة is a Saudi Conglomerate founded and owned by Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Amoudi also Abdurahman Alamoudi, is the founder of the American Muslim Council in the United States. Sheikh Saleh Abdullah Kamel (صالح عبد الله كامل is a Saudi businessman chairman and founder of the Dallah al Baraka Group (DBG Dallah Al-Baraka (دله البركة is a Saudi Conglomerate founded and owned by Sheikh Other notable affiliations include:

Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi

Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi is one of Saudi Arabia's leading commercial figures and philanthropists, overseeing a financial empire of some $28b in assets. Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi (born in 1920 holds the largest individual stake in his family's Al Rajhi Bank, which has consistently reported the most profitable operations amongst

al Rajhi also created the SAAR Foundation, which was shuttered in the wake of a March, 2002 raid by customs officials under the auspices of Operation Green Quest. The Al-Rajhi Bank (مصرف الراجحي (known as the Al Rajhi Banking and Investment Corporation until a February 23 2006 name change is the world's largest Islamic The International Islamic Relief Organization, (هيئة الإغاثة الإسلامية العالمية also International Islamic Relief Organization of Saudi Arabia, The SAAR Foundation was the flagship corporation representing of charities think tanks and business entities named after its founder Saudi patriarch Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi Operation Green Quest was a United States Customs Service -sponsored interagency investigative unit formed in October 2001 and concerned with the surveillance and interdiction

Muhammad Al-Abdullah Aljomaih

Sheikh Muhammad Al-Abdullah Aljomaih, who died in 2004, was one of the Kingdom's foremost philanthropists.

Abdel Rahman Hassan Sharbatly

Abdel Rahman Hassan Sharbatly was the founder of Riyadh Bank, the 2nd largest Saudi commercial bank. Other affiliations include:


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Khaled bin Mahfouz

Khaled bin Mahfouz is one of the leading figures in Saudi banking circles. Khalid bin Mahfouz (خالد بن محفوظ born 1949 is a wealthy Saudi Arabian and Irish businessman accused of supporting Al-Qaeda.

Bin Mahfouz has written on his website that he has "never knowingly made any donation to Al Qaeda or to any organization or person acting on Al Qaeda's behalf or to any other terrorist organisation,"[3] and, for good measure, has launched an aggressive libel tourism campaign against anyone who suggests otherwise. The National Commercial Bank (NCB also known as AlAhli Bank ( Arabic:البنك الأهلي التجاري is the first Saudi Arabian bank Libel tourism is a form of Forum shopping in which plaintiffs choose to file Libel suits in jurisdictions thought more likely to give a favourable result

Abdel Qader Faqeeh

(Adel Faqih, etc). Affiliations include:

Saleh al-Din Abdel Jawad

(Sallahuddin Abduljawad, etc). Khaled bin al-Walid Reem bint al-Walid Affiliations include:

Ahmad Turki Yamani

(Ahmed Zaki Yamani, etc). al-Barakat or al-Barakaat (which means "The Blessed" in Arabic) is a group of companies established in Somalia in 1986 Born 1930, Mecca, son of former Saudi Chief Justice. Affiliations:

Abdel Hadi Taher

Mohammed Omar

No information available. Saudi Aramco, the state-owned national oil company of Saudi Arabia, is the largest oil corporation in the world and the world's largest in terms of proven crude Gulf Oil was a major global oil company from the 1900s to the 1980s

al Kuwait

No information available

Ahmad al Harbi

L'Investigateur notes, "L'Houssaine Kherchtou testified on February 21, 2001, during the trial of suspected al-Qaida militants in connection with the bombings of the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania on 7 August 1998, that he was welcomed at Miram Shah guest house in Pakistan before joining Al-Qaida by 'Abu Ahmed al Harbi'. "

Mohammed al-Issai

(al-Issaie, etc). Affiliations:

Hamad Abdulrahman Al Hussaini

Recipients

Major recipients include:

Osama bin Laden

Receives donations from the most prominent in the list: Bin Laden Brothers, Al Rajhi, Sharbatly, Al Naghi, Bin Mahfouz, Adel Faqih, Al Kuwait

Wa'el Hamza Julaidan

Wa'el Hamza Julaidan was one of the four founders of al Qaeda in August, 1988. The Saudi Binladin (or Binladen) Group (SBG (in Arabic مجموعة بن لادن السعودية) is a multinational Construction Wa'el Hamza Julaidan ( وائل حمزة جليدان) (born 22 February 1958 in Medina, Saudi Arabia) is one of the four people who founded Al-Qaeda

Adel Baterjee

By varying accoungs Baterjee is also listed as a recipient.

Abu Mazin

(Mazin M. Bahareth, etc. ). Affiliations:

Sale Taher

Receives donations from Ahmad Al Harbi and Mohammed Al Issai

Questions of veracity and meaning

U. S. District Court Judge Richard Conway Casey, writing in response to Burnett v al Baraka, said the document had "serious foundational flaws", stating further,

"Even assuming, as the Court must, that the “Golden Chain” refers to Mr. Richard Conway Casey ( January 1, 1933 - March 22, 2007) was a United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York Aljomaih, with no indication of who wrote the list, when it was written, or for what purpose, the Court cannot make the logical leap that the document is a list of early al Qaeda supporters. Mr. Aljomaih’s motion to dismiss the Burnett complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction is accordingly granted. "[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Wall Street Journal, 3/18/2003
  2. ^ United Press International, 2/11/2003
  3. ^ Bin Mahfouz Information
  4. ^ Burnett v. Al Baraka Inv. & Dev. Corp
  5. ^ http://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/rulings/03MDL1570_RCC_011905.PDF

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The Benevolence International Foundation ( BIF) was a purported nonprofit Charitable trust based in Saudi Arabia. Enaam Arnaout is an American of Syrian descent who pleaded guilty to using charitable donations to support fighters in Bosnia without apprising 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 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi
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