http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/benevolence/ en-us Tue, 21 Dec 2004 23:30:43 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1306163/posts WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration moved Tuesday to block the assets of two Saudi men accused of providing support to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terror network, Adel Batterjee and Saad al-Faqih. Batterjee was instrumental in founding the Benevolence International Foundation, an Islamic charity that the United States has previously deemed a a global terrorist group. Al-Faqih has maintained associations with the al-Qaida network since the mid-1990s, the Treasury Department alleged. The agency submitted the two names to the United Nations for possible inclusion in its list of terrorist financiers. If the names are included, member countries would also have... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1306163/posts#comment Tue, 21 Dec 2004 23:30:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1755833/posts Monday, 18, December, 2006 (28, Dhul Qa`dah, 1427)   Mail Article   |     Print Article   |     Comment on Article   US Court Throws Out Case Against Saleh KamelBarbara Ferguson, Arab News   Saleh Kamel   WASHINGTON, 18 December 2006 — A significant decision by a New York judge last Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against Saleh Kamel and Albaraka Investment Bank.The accusations alleged they had been involved in support of the Al-Qaeda group suspected of backing the 9/11 terrorist attacks.Khaled Al-Nahdi, assistant to CEO of Dallah Albaraka Group, said in a statement on Friday that Judge Richard Conway Casey, of the Federal... arabnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1755833/posts#comment Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:37:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1050065/posts Revelations in the Peoria Journal Star earlier this week that the Peoria/Champaign area is one of seven in the United States on a terrorist “circuit” were frightening. “Terrorists enter the United States in San Francisco and Los Angeles, then move to Phoenix, then Denver," reported Phil Luciano of the PJS. "From there some head to Peoria and Champaign. Some terrorists remain in those communities, while others head on to New York City" (emphasis added). Luciano was provided this information by Peoria County Sheriff Mike McCoy, who received it at a recent FBI conference held in Springfield. Names of larger cities... Illinois Leader http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1050065/posts#comment Fri, 2 Jan 2004 00:25:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1631589/posts When the U.N.'s Jan Egeland called the U.S. "stingy" with foreign aid a couple of years back, he was playing to a stereotype promoted by those who want governments to redistribute global incomes. He was also wrong, and now we have the data to prove it. The Hudson Institute recently released the 2006 Index of Global Philanthropy, the first comprehensive report on international aid by private institutions and individuals in the U.S. The index shows that millions of Americans give to the world's poor at a rate that is anything but "stingy." Voluntary giving by Americans dwarfs government aid the... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1631589/posts#comment Sat, 13 May 2006 12:24:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1542776/posts Abdullah Khadr, the eldest son of a reputed Canadian Al Qaeda financier, was arrested by the RCMP yesterday on terrorism-related charges at the request of American authorities. The 25-year-old Canadian recently returned from Pakistan where he was held for 14 months without charge. He was arrested last night after agreeing to meet an RCMP officer at a McDonald's near his Scarborough apartment, his relatives said last night. His mother, Maha Elsamnah tried to intervene in the arrest and was also taken into custody, but later released without charges. Khadr's brother, 22-year-old Abdurahman was also at the fast food restaurant and... The Toronto Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1542776/posts#comment Sun, 18 Dec 2005 14:27:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/898567/posts Al Qaeda 'financed from Eindhoven' 23 April 2003 AMSTERDAM — A director of the Islamic foundation Al Waqf al Islami in Eindhoven, Ahmad Al Hussaini, is included in a list of 20 Saudi Arabian business leaders alleged to have provided financial support to the Al Qaeda terror network. A prominent Al Qaeda member drew up the list, according to US firm JCB Consulting, which is investigating the financing of Osama bin Laden's network on behalf of 600 families of the September 11 terrorist attack victims. JCB spokesman Damien Martinez told Dutch current affairs television programme Nova on Tuesday night... expatica http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/898567/posts#comment Wed, 23 Apr 2003 10:26:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1412186/posts Two reporters facing up to 18 months in jail for refusing to testify about their sources gained some unlikely allies yesterday. The attorneys general of 34 states and the District of Columbia filed a brief in the United States Supreme Court supporting the reporters, Judith Miller of The New York Times and Matthew Cooper of Time magazine. The brief urged the court to hear the reporters' case and argued that the absence of federal protection for journalists and their sources undermined the laws of the 49 states that do offer protection. New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1412186/posts#comment Sat, 28 May 2005 10:43:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1306259/posts UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States, Britain and Saudi Arabia asked the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to impose sanctions on British-based Saudi dissident Saad al-Faqih for allegedly providing financial and material support to al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden. The United States and Saudi Arabia also asked the council to impose sanctions on Saudi businessman Adel Abdul Jalil Batterjee, who was instrumental in founding the Benevolence International Foundation, an Islamic charity that the United States has previously deemed a global terrorist group. Council diplomats said the two names were circulated among the 15 Security Council members on Tuesday. If... Bakersfield Californian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1306259/posts#comment Wed, 22 Dec 2004 02:16:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1032080/posts Ottawa pulls Saudi group's charity status Tax violation: Muslim World League being sued by 9/11 families Stewart Bell National Post Monday, December 01, 2003 TORONTO - Federal regulators have revoked the charity status of the Canadian branch of a Saudi organization that has faced longstanding allegations of ties to terrorism. A notice in the government publication Canada Gazette said the Muslim World League (MWL) is one of several charities that "have not met the filing requirements of the Income Tax Act." The revocation came into effect on Nov. 15, but the organization, dedicated to promoting Islam, was still calling itself... National Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1032080/posts#comment Tue, 2 Dec 2003 06:24:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1311518/posts Compassion is the best response when humanity faces the problem of evil, writes Edward Spence."Why did you do this to us, God? What did we do to upset you?" asked a woman in India this week, a heart-wrenching question asked in common these past few days by Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and Christians. Nothing could have prepared us for what happened when the tsunami unleashed its terror. So we seek answers where answers are hard to come by, in either secular or sacred realms. Traditionally, the Judeo-Christian God, considered the most supreme and perfect being in the universe, has been ascribed... Sydney Morning Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1311518/posts#comment Fri, 31 Dec 2004 12:29:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1274056/posts NewsFlash Home | More Washington State News   Couple requests prepaid calling cards — for soldiers in Iraq 11/7/2004, 3:28 p.m. PT The Associated Press     PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) — Local newlyweds made an unusual wedding-gift request: They wanted prepaid international telephone calling cards.Tony Clayton and Jeana Johnson-Clayton are sending the nearly 60 cards they received to U.S. military personnel in Iraq, so the troops can call home during the holidays.The bride's son, Chris Johnson, is serving in the Marine Corps and will be deployed early next year, she said."We thought about our friends who have sons... OregonLive / AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1274056/posts#comment Mon, 8 Nov 2004 06:02:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/832516/posts <p>CHICAGO (AP) -- Federal prosecutors accused a Syrian-born American of once leading a Muslim charity that the Treasury Department calls a terrorist group, and said he tried to help Osama bin Laden get a nuclear weapon.</p> <p>The government said Mohamed Loay Bayazid was president of the suburban Chicago-based Benevolence International Foundation in 1994, about the same time he is accused of trying to get uranium for al-Qaida.</p> NJ.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/832516/posts#comment Thu, 30 Jan 2003 15:30:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1180819/posts BAGHDAD: As Iraq's public health system struggles to provide good medical care, some private hospitals are doing free surgery for patients who need it. One such patient was a teenage girl with an umbilical hernia, Intesar Kamil, the doctor who operated on her said. The hernia was so painful, the girl could hardly walk when her family brought her to the Dijla Hospital in Adamiyah, in western Baghdad, Kamil said. While a hernia operation is considered to be relatively easy, it costs about US $200 to perform in Iraq and the family couldn't afford it. "Many people cannot afford even... The Daily Star (Lebanon) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1180819/posts#comment Thu, 29 Jul 2004 12:57:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/700722/posts <p>MIAMI (CNN) -- Federal officials in Miami told CNN Saturday they had arrested a south Florida Muslim activist with ties to "dirty bomb" suspect Jose Padilla.</p> <p>Adham Amin Hassoun was arrested during a Wednesday night traffic stop by members of South Florida Joint Terrorism Task Force, according to FBI spokeswoman Judy Orihuela and Immigration and Naturalization Service spokesman Rodney Germain.</p> CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/700722/posts#comment Sat, 15 Jun 2002 20:22:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/983935/posts <p>Gen. Douglas MacArthur (search) (1880-1964) was one of the greatest -- and arguably the greatest -- military leaders ever produced by the United States.</p> <p>He graduated first in his West Point class of 1903, rose to the rank of brigadier general in World War I, and served as Army chief of staff in the 1930s. During World War II, he was the top commander of Allied forces in the southwest Pacific (search), masterminding the liberation of the Philippines (search) and the island-leaping strategy that outmaneuvered Japanese forces. He became a five-star general, the highest rank in the U.S. army (and one not held by anyone alive today).</p> Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/983935/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2003 04:04:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/968631/posts AMSTERDAM - A Saudi family of bankers which have been accused of financing islamic terrorism, seems to do a large portion of their funding from the Netherlands. The family owns an investment company in Amsterdam, which has funded 'islamic investments' for well over a billion dollars. The firm is known as Al Rajhi Investment Corporation bv, located in the Drentestraat in Amsterdam-Buitenveldert. The firm is owned by the Al Rajhi Banking & Investment Corporation, one of the biggest financial institutions of Saudi Arabia. In annual reports of the Dutch branch there are huge investments, described as 'loans' to 'international organizations'... De Telegraaf (printed edition) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/968631/posts#comment Fri, 22 Aug 2003 14:13:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/919436/posts <p>In the days after Sept. 11, 2001, Sami Omar al-Hussayen led fellow Muslims as they joined an emotion-charged candlelight march remembering the dead. The Saudi graduate student in computer science at the University of Idaho helped organize a blood drive for victims. He issued a press release on behalf of the Muslim Students Association, stating that the small town of Moscow's Muslims "condemn in the strongest terms possible what are apparently vicious acts of terrorism against innocent citizens."</p> FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/919436/posts#comment Thu, 29 May 2003 07:01:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/833863/posts Canada bankrolled man's aid agency during that time U.S. authorities have tied a Canadian aid worker to the al-Qaeda terrorist network as far back as 1988, almost a decade before the Canadian government cut off funding to his Ottawa-based Muslim charity. Evidence unsealed by a U.S. judge in Chicago shows Ahmed Said Khadr had dealings with senior al-Qaeda leaders while being financed by the Canadian International Development Agency. Although CIDA stopped giving aid money to Mr. Khadr in 1997 after he was arrested for allegedly bombing an embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, the documents allege he was working with al-Qaeda long... National Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/833863/posts#comment Sat, 1 Feb 2003 12:50:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/807508/posts Switzerland has added three organisations, including the Islamic charity, Benevolence International Foundation, to its list of suspected supporters of terrorism. The economics ministry said it imposed financial sanctions and travel restrictions on the groups, in line with United Nations regulations. Meanwhile, the Swiss Federal Court has approved a request for legal assistance from the United States which accuses Benevolence International of funding the al-Qaeda network. The case involves the transfer of $1.4 million (SFr2 million) from a Swiss bank to the Foundation in Chicago. However, the banking documents remain blocked in Switzerland for the time being, pending a decision by... Swissinfo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/807508/posts#comment Mon, 16 Dec 2002 21:52:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/791998/posts Gordon Brown, the Chancellor, has acted to freeze the assets of an organisation suspected of raising funds to help Osama bin Laden's al-Qa'eda terror network build a nuclear bomb. Financial institutions were ordered to freeze funds belonging to the Benevolence International Foundation (BIF) at midnight. BIF's chief executive Enaam Araout was recently indicted in the USA for operating it as a racketeering enterprise and providing material support to organisations including al-Qa'eda. "Strong evidence" existed to link BIF with al-Qa'eda and bin Laden, said the Treasury. This includes personal contacts between senior BIF officials and al-Qa'eda operatives involved in the 1998... The Telegraph via The Muslim News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/791998/posts#comment Tue, 19 Nov 2002 22:16:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/766074/posts CHICAGO (Reuters) - Federal officials on Wednesday announced the indictment of the head of a U.S. Muslim charity, charging he used donations to fund terrorism around the world. Syrian-born Enaam Arnaout, who has been in custody since last April, engaged in a "multinational criminal enterprise that for a decade used charitable contributions of innocent Americans -- Muslims, non-Muslims and corporations alike -- to support al Qaeda" as well as turmoil in Chechnya and "armed violence in Bosnia," the Justice Department said. The indictment, announced by Attorney General John Ashcroft at a Chicago news conference, largely repeated charges made against Arnaout... Reuters via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/766074/posts#comment Wed, 9 Oct 2002 20:49:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/693161/posts Fifteen thousand feet high in Kashmir and armed with a Kalashnikov–that was not how friends thought Jibreel al-Amreekee would end up. All of 19, the restless kid from Atlanta had grown up in a wealthy family attending Ebenezer Baptist Church, the home pulpit of Martin Luther King Jr. A soft-spoken youth with long dreadlocks, al-Amreekee had a passion for sky diving and reading books on the world's religions. One religion that drew his interest was Islam, and while he was at North Carolina Central University, that interest grew into a calling. By 1997, he had converted and was spending his... U.S. News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/693161/posts#comment Sat, 1 Jun 2002 19:36:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/683285/posts U.S. gets OK to pursue trial of Islamic charity By Laurie Cohen and Stephen Franklin The government won a first round Monday in its terrorism-related criminal case against a Chicago-area Islamic charity and its leader, who has been in jail for two weeks on perjury charges. U.S. Magistrate Judge Ian Levin ruled that federal prosecutors could proceed with their case against Benevolence International Foundation of Palos Hills and Enaam Arnaout because they had presented compelling evidence that the charity funded Muslim rebels in the separatist Russian region of Chechnya. Levin said the evidence is at odds with Arnaout's sworn statements... Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/683285/posts#comment Tue, 14 May 2002 14:06:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/685405/posts U.S. Links Charity to Chechen RebelsBy Nabi Abdullaev Staff Writer The head of a U.S.-based Islamic charity who is suspected of having ties to Osama bin Laden is in jail facing a grand jury investigation after the FBI showed he had lied about his support for Chechen rebels. Federal officials accused Enaam Arnaout, a Syrian-born U.S. citizen, and his Benevolence International Foundation of perjury last month for claiming they did not provide support to "people or organizations known to engage in violence, terrorist activities or military operations of any nature." Arnaout, 39, was arrested April 30. He had been under... The Moscow Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/685405/posts#comment Sat, 18 May 2002 10:06:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/677256/posts <p>May 3, 2002 -- WASHINGTON - An Islamic charity accused of helping Osama bin Laden has raised thousands of dollars from unsuspecting U.S. companies and their employees through a tax-exempt federal program, The Post has learned.</p> <p>A newsletter of the Benevolence International Foundation boasted that some Fortune 500 companies, including Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, PepsiCo, Compaq, Nokia and American Express, donated to the Illinois-based charity through matching contributions from some of their employees.</p> New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/677256/posts#comment Fri, 3 May 2002 08:31:07 GMT