MADRID BOMBING MASTERMIND BANKROLLED BY SAUDI CLERIC WITH LINKS TO 9-11 HIJACKERS AND BIN LADEN

Associated Press, Intelligence Online, and various ^ | 3 October 2004 | headland

[Wallaby]

The Associated Press reported this week that a Saudi cleric, Sheikh Salman al-Awdah, funneled money to an Egyptian, Rabei Osman Ahmed, who is said to be the mastermind of the Madrid train bombings last March.

Osman Ahmed's Milan apartment was reportedly wiretapped by Italian anti-terrorism police.

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To avoid tarnishing the country's image even more, Bin Laden's friends agreed to keep a low profile and the regime promised to tolerate their presence.

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In one taped conversation he is reported to say that "The Madrid attack is my project." He is also recorded saying that al-Awdah is "everything, everything." In a May 26 conversation with a potential recruit, Osman Ahmed describes his relationship with al-Awdah: "I worked for him in Spain. I did really well in that period, in which I earned 2,000 euros ($2,400) a month. There were days I earned 1,000 euros ($1,200)."

Al-Awdah was last heard from on Wednesday when he insisted on Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya television that he did not encourage violence by Muslims. Yet, Al-Awdah's biography paints a very different picture.

It is well known that many of the September 11 hijackers were Saudis. Thirteen of the 19 suicide attackers on 9-11 came from villages in the southern part of the kingdom. Six family names were of particular interest to investigators: Al Shehri, Ahmed, Al Suquami, Al Ghamdi, Al Omari and Al Hanzi. All of these were from the Assir region and a part of two influential clans, the Hamedi and the Sharahni...The two clans were the impetus behind the rise of the Islamic Resurgence Movement that was headed by two young ulamas (religious men), Safar al-Hawali... and Salman al-Awdah...
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Congressman Billybob

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[Wallaby]

One month after the Madrid bombings, which Sheikh Salman al-Awdah had helped finance, he was signing a letter condemning the attacks on Westerners in the kingdom. Why the moderate public image? Intelligence Online provides the explanation:

To avoid tarnishing the country's image even more, Bin Laden's friends agreed to keep a low profile and the regime promised to tolerate their presence. The agreement was reached between the boss of internal security, Nayef Bin Abdel Aziz (presently convalescing in Switzerland) and members of the Movement for Islamic Resurgence [the group al-Awdah helped to create], a front for Al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia.

[Wallaby]

The link is broken here. Go to Cleric With Links to 9-11, Bin Laden and Madrid Made Secret Deal with Saudi Regime for a working link.