Epstein Secrets

2d SERIES mainly banks in Arab and Islamic coun- tries. Ashton Complaint 11583; Burnett Complaint 147. It also has banks in Chi- cago, Illinois and Houston, Texas. Bur- nett Complaint II 47. Al Baraka allegedly provided financial infrastructures in Sudan to Osama bin Laden through Defendant charity Al

tions, including al4aecla." Federal Complaint 1 222 Several organizations within the MAR Network, including SAAR Founda- tion, MAR International, Safa Group, Mar-Jac Poultry, Mar-Jac Holdings, Inc., Safa Trust, Inc. and Aradi, Inc., were es- tablished, funded or closely affiliated with Defendant Suleim

utory foreign sovereign immunity and protecting a sovereign’s or sovereign’s agency’s legitimate claim to immunity from discovery.” First City, Texas—Houston, N.A. v. Rafidain Bank, 150 F.3d 172, 176 (2d Cir.1998) (ordering full discovery against defendant over whom court al- ready had subject matter juris

zations, including al-Qaeda.” Federal Complaint 1222. Several organizations within the SAAR Network, including SAAR Founda- tion, SAAR International, Safa Group, Mar—Jac Poultry, Mar—Jac Holdings, Inc., Safa Trust, Inc. and Aradi, Inc., were es- tablished, funded or closely affiliated with Defendant Suleiman

African Muslim Agency, Mar—Jac Investments, Mar—Jac Poultry, Reston Investments, SAAR Foundation, Safa Trust, where he was the principal signatory on Safa Group checks, and York International; WESTLAW Iqbal Yunus was a director of Child Development Foundation, a SAAR Network entity, and was associated with

garding NCB’s FSIA defense would necessarily subject the Kingdom to discovery, which the Court is hesitant to do unnecessarily. See First City, Texas—Houston, N.A. v. Rafidain Bank, 150 F.3d 172, 176 (2d Cir.1998); see also Arriba Ltd. v. Petroleos Mexicanos, 962 F.2d 528, 534 (Sth Cir.1992) (recommending