Epstein Secrets

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

detail below.” (Together with NCB and Abdulrahman bin Mahfouz, Khaled bin Mahfouz and Yassin al Kadi are referred to here is ahe “NCB Defendants.”) Al Rajhi Bank played an analogous and equally important role in al-Qaeda’s financial infrastructure, by also providing financial services to al-Qaeda charity front

rtising these accounts, Al Rajhi Bank “provid[ed] a mechanism to allow al Qaida’s supporters to deposit funds directly into those accounts.” JA3828. Al Rajhi Bank’s operations are consistent with their support of al-Qaeda front charities. In 1999, Al Rajhi Bank was warned. by United States government officials “t

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

es assured of its subject matter and personal jurisdiction over NCB, Plaintiffs’ claims are doomed because the Court dismissed similar claims against Al Rajhi Bank, Saudi American Bank, and Arab Bank. NCB contends that Center for Reproductive Law & Policy v. Bush, 304 F.3d 183, 194-95 (2d Cir.2002), supports its

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

d Services Travel Saudi Arabian Airline: 52.5%; National Aviation: 14.7% 30.0% 0.4 0.0 Saudi Real Estate Company Realestate PIF: 64.57% 35.5% 0.1 0.0 National Commercial Bank (NCB) Banks PIF: 44.3%; GOSI: 10%; PPA: 10.04% 35.7% 0.0 9.5 Maaden Mining PIF: 49.99%; GOSI: 7.98%; PPA: 7.45% 34.6% 0.0 5.9 Samba Banks PIF: 22.91%

e + weight in MSCI weight in MSCI ADTVactive buying active days buying passive days passive days passive days Saudi EM buying US$m buyi buying buying AL RAJHI BANK 9.5% 0.1% 37.2 546.5 14.7 477.7 12.8 1,024 27.5 ALINMA BANK 2.0% 0.0% 223.0 116.9 0.5 102.2 0.5 219 1.0 ALMARAI 44% 0.1% ip. 255.8 33.1 223.6 28.9 47

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

, check clear- ing services, or any other routine banking service.” Jd. In light of the liberal plead- ing standards, however, Judge Robertson denied Al Rajhi Bank’s motion to dismiss and permitted it to request a more defini- tive statement under Rule 12(e). Jd. at 110. The Burnett Plaintiffs provided an 89-parag