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pation in al Qaida's jihadist campaign." Id. 11425. Specifical- ly, the Kingdom allegedly maintained and controlled several of the charities within al Qaeda's infrastructure. Id. 11399. The Federal Plaintiffs claim Saudi Arabia knew the threat that these charities posed par- ticularly to the United State

e Sultan and Prince Turki both move to dismiss the complaints against them in Ashton v. Al Qaeda Islamic Army. 02 Civ. 6977 (S.D.N.Y.); Barrera v. AI Qaeda Islamic Army, 03 Civ. 7036 (S.D.N.Y.); Burnett v. AI Baraka Inv. & Dev. Corp., 02 Civ. 1616 (D.D.C.); Burnett v. Al Baraka hrv. & Dev. § 2331 et

began a company in the 1940s that now supplies automobiles, soft drinks, construction equipment, and other related to any alleged conspiracy or to al Gaeda's activities. EFTA00795081 IN RE TERRORIST ATTACKS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 Cut as 349 F.Supp-20 765 (S.D.N.Y. 2003) goods and services to large port

including charities, banks, front organizations, terrorist organizations, and financiers who provided financial, lo- gistical, and other support to al Qaeda.1 See, e.g., Ashton Complaint 1 5; Burnett Complaint "Introduction"; Federal Com- plaint 11142-66. The complaints assert subject matter jurisdiction

6. The various complaints make substan- tially similar accusations against Prince Sultan. See Consolidated Jeffress Decl. 16. IIRO is allegedly an al Oaeda front that has been tied to the 1993 World Trade Center attack and the 1998 embassy bombings. See, e.g., Burnett Complaint 711 156, 240, 242. 17.

t mem- bers of the Spanish al Qaeda cell used Arab Bank to make wire transfers. Bur- nett Complaint 1 138 (alleging Arab Bank is "used regularly by al Qaecla's Spanish cell for transfers of cash to members of al Qaeda operating in Germany, Pakistan, Af- ghanistan, Lebanon, Yemen, Bosnia, and elsewhere");

ugh their contributions to, and support of, Islamic charities that they knew or should have known were supporting ter- rorist organizations such as al Qaeda.n Additionally, Plaintiffs allege Prince Turki aided and abetted the terrorists by at- tempting to deflect their activities away from Saudi Arabia and

Arab Jamahiriya, 290 F.Supp.2d 54 (D.D.C.2003)—Plaintiffs submit that the moving Defendants knew that the primary target of Osama bin Laden's and al Qae- da's campaign of terror was the United States and that by providing assistance to these terrorists, who Plaintiffs claim were Defendants' co-conspirato

149 F.3d at 123; Boim II, 291 F.3d at 1023; Bohn III, 340 F.Supp2d at 906. Even move and launder money. 12(e) Statement I. Plaintiffs allege that al Oaeda has pervert- ed the Zakat and Hararm principles in Islam- ic banking to collect and distribute money to individuals and cells throughout the world.

intiffs' factual allegations in the com- plaint as true and draw inferences from those allegations in the light most favor- able to the Plaintiffs." Desiderio a Nat'l Assn of Sec. Dealers, Inc., 191 F.3d 198, 202 (2d Cir.1999). Dismissal is not appro- priate unless it appears beyond doubt, "even when the

nal Airport on Wednesday, July 22, after allegedly being in communication with two undercover FBI agents, one of whom she believed to be a member of al Qaeda. According to the criminal complaint filed in court, Jones agreed to send money to purchase scopes for rifles that would be used to kill American so

s historic national fight." Politico <https://www.politico.corn/news/2020/07/27/mcconnell-republicans-senate-coronavirus-383364> (7/27, Bresnahan, Desiderio, 4.29M) says GOP divisions "forced McConnell to delay the unveiling of the $1 trillion proposal he released on Monday, an embarrassing setback for t

/world/articles/2020-10-25/afghanistan-claims-killing-an-al-qaida- leader-wanted-by-fbi> (10/25) reports, "Afghanistan claimed Sunday it killed a top al-Qaida propagandist," Husam Abd al-Rauf, also known as Abu Muhsin al-Masri, "on an FBI most-wanted list during an operation in the country's east." The mo

Treene, Baker, 521K), Politico <https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/25/barrett-pivotal-senate-hurdle-monday-confirmation- 432295> (10/25, Levine, Desiderio, 4.29M), The Hill <hops://thehill.com/homenews/senate/522662-gop-clears- key-hurdle-on-barretts-supreme-court-nomination-setting-up-monday> (10/25, C

ization to expire, and, with it, the power to hold terrorist prisoners-of- war. The date should have been far in the future, fifteen years, say, lest al-Qaida have an incentive to wait out US military action." He concludes that characterizing an end date for detention "as a reassertion of Congress' consti

estion back on the Census in my opinion would be unconstitutional." EFTA00147492 House Democrats To Pursue Contempt For Barr, Ross. Politico (7/8, Desiderio, Bresnahan, 4.29M) reports "House Democratic leaders plan to move forward with criminal contempt proceedings" against Barr and Commerce Secretary R

njured." Afghanistan Claims Top Al-Qaida Propagandist Wanted By FBI Was Killed. The AP (10/25) reports, "Afghanistan claimed Sunday it killed a top al-Qaida propagandist," Husam Abd al-Rauf, also known as Abu Muhsin al-Masri, "on an FBI most-wanted list during an operation in the country's east." The mo

ashington Times (10/25, Swoyer, 492K), the Fox News (10/25, O'Reilly, 27.59M) website, Axios (10/25, Treene, Baker, 521K), Politico (10/25, Levine, Desiderio, 4.29M), The Hill (10/25, Carney, 2.98M), Roll Call (10/25, Ruger, 154K), and Townhall (10/25, Baumann, 177K) are among the other sources covering t

m- HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017830 --- PAGE BREAK --- 766 ber 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, as well as insurance carriers, brought actions against al Qaeda, al Qaeda’s members and associ- ates, alleged state sponsors of terrorism, and individuals and entities who allegedly provided support to Al Qaeda, asserting cau

m Act (ATA) complaint by survivors of victims of September 11, 2001 attacks, alleging that Saudi Princes con- tributed to charities that supported al Qaeda, and that al Qaeda repeatedly and publicly targeted United States, failed to allege causal connection sufficient to satis- fy New York standard for c

with the Ashton case on Decem- ber 6, 2004. Prince Sultan and Prince Turki have each also filed a separate motion to dismiss in Federal Insurance v. Al Qaida, 03 Civ. 6978 (S.D.N.Y.), both of which are fully submitted and are resolved in this opinion. The Federal Insurance Plaintiffs are forty-one insuranc