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ismiss the Federal complaint. Finally, Defendant National Commercial Bank (“NCB”) moves for reconsideration of this Court’s

e [ (MWL’) ], IIRO, Saudi Red Crescent, WAMY, and al Haramain Foundation’).) He is also a member of the Council of Ministe

Barzinji’s motion to dismiss the Federal complaint is denied, but the RICO, TVPA, intentional tort, and negligence claims against him are dismissed. National Commercial Bank’s motion to reconsider the Court’s January 18 opinion and order is granted to the extent that it requests the Court to consider its personal jurisdicti

ganizations includ- ing Defendants WAMY, ITRO and Al Har- amain Foundation.” Ashton Complaint 1609; Burnett Complaint 1 147.

provided support to al Qaeda in their offi- cial capacities as members of the Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs. Federal Com- plaint 19 426464. 4. National Commercial Bank NCB was established in 1950 by Salim bin Mahfouz, the father of Defendant Khalid bin Mahfouz, as the first commer- cial bank of Saudi Arabia. Ashton

f of Counterterrorism Operations Vincent Cannistraro affirmed that “[t]here is little doubt that a financial conduit to bin Laden was handled through the National Commercial Bank, until the Saudi government finally arrested a number of persons and closed down the channel. It was evident that several wealthy Saudis were funneli

ng’ (Intifada) by providing a bank account and facilities to receive donations for a committee of charity organizations including [WAMY], [IIRO,] and al Haramain Foundation.” JA844. In addition, plaintiffs allege that “from 1996 through 2001, the Saudi American Bank funneled money to and/or from the Spanish al Qaida cell