No clear reasons are provided for this de-listingjust a statement that the removal was based on the recommendation of an independent ombudsman.
The ombudsmans recommendation is especially jarring because, just three years ago, the U.N. defended its listing of Yasin al-Qadi for the following reasons:
Al-Qadis acknowledgement of his role as founding trustee and director of the actions of the Muwafaq Foundation, a foundation which historically operated under the umbrella of the Makhtab al-Khidamat, an organization which was the predecessor of Al-Qaida and which was founded by Usama bin Ladin. Al-Qadis decision in 1992 to hire Shafiq ben Mohamed ben Mohamed al-Ayadi as head the European offices of the Muwafaq Foundation. The 1995 testimony of Talad Fuad Kassem, who said that the Muwafaq Foundation had provided logistical and financial support for a fighters battalion in Bosnia and Herzegovina and that the Muwafaq Foundation was involved in providing financial support for terrorist activities of the fighters, as well as arms trafficking from Albania to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Al-Qadis role as a major shareholder in the now closed Sarajevo-based Depositna Banka, where planning sessions for an attack against a United States facility in Saudi Arabia may have taken place. Al-Qadis ownership of several firms in Albania which funneled money to extremists or employed extremists in positions where they controlled the firms funds. Evidence that Bin Laden provided the working capital for up to five of al-Qadis companies in Albania.
Based on these reasons, the U.N. Security Council resolved to continue listing Yasin al-Qadi as a suspected supporter of al-Qaeda terrorists
But no more. Yasins expensive lobbying effort to convince authorities to white-list him seems to have paid off. One supposes he is now free to travel around, do business with Europeans and Americans, and raise funds for whatever charitable foundation he decides to establish next.
http://moneyjihad.wordpress.com/2012/10/21/un-removes-saudi-businessman-from-al-qaeda-list/
The Obama campaign needs the foreign contributions.