CIA report reveals U.S. knew Saudi-backed charities tied to terrorism in 1996

Center for Security Policy ^ | July 31st, 2004

[Sabertooth]

The candidate Bush meets with Muslim leaders in Austin, Texas. Abdurahman Alamoudi (right of Bush) heads the sister organization of terror connected IIRO.

A CIA report from 1996, obtained by investigators for the lawyer suing a number of Islamic charities on behalf of victims of the 9/11 attacks, reveals that the U.S. government knew that over one-third of the Islamic charities operating throughout the world were aiding known terrorist groups.

Many of the charities detailed in the report are Saudi-sponsored and official Saudi government charities are implicated in supporting terrorism. These charities include the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO) and the Saudi High Commission, the official Saudi government organization for collecting and distributing aid, which the report accuses of ties with Hamas and Algerian extremists.

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In March 2001 Operation Green Quest, the interagency task force searching for terrorist financing, raided the U.S-based Success Foundation, which is alleged to be IIRO?s sister organization. Success is headed by Abdurahman Alamoudi, who has publicly supported Hamas and Hezbollah, and has been invited to White House briefings and met with the President (see picture).

[Sabertooth]

Or did we allow Al to come in contact?

Thats probably all that needs to be said about it, IMO.

Can you be serious?

You think your hint that candidate Bush was part of some elaborate sting operation to snare Al Arian and Alamoudi is "probably all that needs to be said about it?"

Well then, I imagine that President Clinton was aiding the investigation of arms merchants and drug dealers in those pics at the White House coffees.

Right?

Try applying Occam's Razor, and those scenarios won't appear too plausible.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Nope. You are putting words I never said into my meaning. No offense, but I don't think you get it.

But to note: Bush is free and clear in all of this.

[Sabertooth]

Nope. You are putting words I never said into my meaning. No offense, but I don't think you get it.

Feel free to make yourself more understood.

But to note: Bush is free and clear in all of this.

No kidding. That's always been stipulated.

It's those who have introduced Bush to so many terror symps that are the problem.

[AzJohn]

However, the 2000 date of the meeting between Candidate Bush, Khaled Saffuri, and Abdurahman Alamoudi doesn't get those in charge of Bush's Muslim Outreach off the hook.

I agree with your larger point here. Candidate Bush meeting with these guys pre-9/11 doesn't bother me as much as President Bush meeting with them post-9/11, but it's a big mistake either way.

[Jim_Curtis]

But the muslim>museum thing left fingerprints. This was before 9/11 that it happened. Has anyone ever checked to see what Hillary's known contributors have been up to after financing her senatorial campaign? I get strange google activity when I try to search it but it might just be my virus corrupted computer that is at fault.

[janetgreen]

Thanks for the clarification Saber. I can't help but think that the Saudi well has always run very deep into Washington politics, in both parties, and this isn't a good thing for America.

[Fedora]

Ping.

[AnimalLover]

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[SJackson]

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[DTA]

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[technochick99]

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[Don Joe]

Why was Saber banned?

WTF is going on?