From Reuters: LONDON – Britain, seeking to salvage its planned debt relief deal for Africa ahead of next month’s rich nations’ summit, is to ask oil-rich Arab states to contribute more, the Observer newspaper said on Sunday. The current holder of the G7 presidency, Britain has declared 2005 a make-or-break year for Africa but its […]
US blacklists charity as front for Islamic Jihad
Another jihad charity. From Reuters: WASHINGTON, May 4 (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday froze the assets of a charity it called a front for the militant Palestinian Islamic Jihad group and said it was seeking safe channels for donations to Palestinians in need. This afternoon we designated the Elehssan Society, including all of […]
Al-Qaida Continues to Use Charities
Al-Haramain is just the tip of the iceberg. From AP, with thanks to Ali Dashti: NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Al-Qaida has siphoned millions of dollars from Islamic charities that help poor Muslims in Africa and Asia, and U.S. and Saudi government efforts to cut the flow have largely failed, Western diplomats and former charity workers […]
Saudi national: Banker for terrorists or pillar of the community?
Sami Omar Al-Hussayen in court with his lawyer From AP (with thanks to Nicolei), an intriguing look at the Sami Omar Al-Hussayen case: “Even if the jury finds him not guilty,” said Rand Lewis of the Martin School of International Affairs at the University of Idaho, “the Feds are going to deport him. And so […]
Hungarian terror group received Saudi funding
Jihad in Hungary, courtesy of our friends and allies the Saudis. From AP, : The mosque run by a man detained by police on suspicion of planning to bomb a Jewish museum received money from an Islamic organization suspected of financing al-Qaida, a Muslim community leader said Wednesday. The Dar-Assalam mosque, run by Palestinian-born dentist […]
U.S. freezes accounts of Saudi charity
This group had been spreading its message in American prisons, mosques, and Islamic schools. From the Washington Post, with thanks to EPG: The Treasury Department ordered banks yesterday to freeze the accounts of the Oregon and Missouri branches of a large Saudi charity that U.S. officials say has been used to finance the al Qaeda […]