CANTOR VS. THE KINGDOM

New York Post | September 16, 2004 | NICOLE GELINAS

[Tom D.]

CANTOR VS. THE KINGDOM

BY NICOLE GELINAS

September 16, 2004 -- 'Relief' for al Qaeda? Saudi Prince Salman.

AFTER 9/11, the United States invaded two states: Afghanistan and Iraq. Cantor Fitzgerald — the World Trade Center financial firm that bore a full 22 percent of 9/11's deaths — enjoys no such sovereign powers. So Cantor has spent three years preparing its own bloodless counterstrike.

Cantor wants to cut cleanly through the cocoon that, the firm alleges, protected and promoted the slaughterers of its WTC employees: The insular world of Saudi Arabian finance.

"The attacks of September 11, 2001, . . . could not have been accomplished without the knowing and intentional financial support lent to al Qaeda . . . by a global network of banks, institutions, charities, relief organizations, businesses, individual financiers, foreign governments and foreign government officials," Cantor Fitzgerald argues in a civil suit filed in Manhattan federal court two weeks ago. (The Port Authority, the WTC's owner, has since joined in as co-plaintiff.)

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[Tom D.]

These guys mean business. I expect that there are a lot of US politicians who hope this crowd "forfeits" because if there is a fight, expect to see a lot of American politicians tied up with the old Bank of Credit and Commerce International and others like it. Remember Clark Clifford, Burt Lance and others of their ilk.

[Watery Tart]

I believe Little John's schedule will be open after Nov. 3. He can lend a hand then. Maybe even channel Osama so he can be deposed?

[kcvl]

Board of Directors

Abdullah S. Bahamdan

Chairman and Managing Director & Chairman of the Executive Committee
Board Member: The National Gas and Industrialization Company; Yamama Saudi Cement Company; Saudi Petrochemicals Company; The Saudi Research and Marketing Group, LLC.; and Al-Jazirah Corporation for Press, Printing and Publishing.

Ibrahim M. Al-Romaih

Director & Member of the Executive Committee
Assistant Secretary General of the Public Investment Fund (PIF)
Board Member (as Government representative): The National Company for Cooperative Insurance; The Saudi Vegetable Oil Company (Savola); The Pakistani, Saudi, and Tunisian Investment Company, Ltd.

Abdulaziz A. Al-Zaid

Director & Member of the Executive Committee
Projects General Manager, General Organization of Social Insurance (GOSI)
Board & Executive Committee Member: Al-Qassim Cement Company.

Mutlaq A. Al-Mutlaq

Director & Member of the Executive Committee
Chairman and Managing Director, Al-Mutlaq Group
Chairman, Al-Jazirah Corporation for Press, Printing & Publishing; Board Member, The Middle East Battery Company.

Abdullah M. Al-Gholaikah

Director & Member of the Audit Committee
Member, Majlis Al Shoura (The Consultative Council)
Former Governor of the Saline Water Conversion Corporation.

Mohamed H. Al-Mady

Director
Vice Chairman & CEO, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC)
Chairman and Managing Director, Saudi Arabian Fertilizer Company (SAFCO); Chairman, SABIC Euro Petrochemicals B.V.; Board Member, Aluminium Bahrain (ALBA); Member, Economic Offset Committee; Member, US-Saudi Business Council.

Abdullah M. Rehaimy

Director
President of Civil Aviation
Board Member, Saudi Arabian Airlines; Board Member, The Saudi Arabian Turkish Investment Company; Board Member & Chairman of the Executive Credit Committee, The Saudi Credit Bank; Board Member & Chairman of the Audit Committee, The Eastern Cement Company; Board Member & Chairman of the Audit Committee, The National Company for Cooperative Insurance; Advisory Board Member, Saudi Entrepreneurship development Institute.

Ibrahim M. Shams

Director & Member of the Audit Committee
Chairman, Al-Kamal Import Office Company
Board Member, Arabian Cement Company Limited.

Abdulhadi A. Shayif

Director, Member of the Executive Committee & General Manager

[endthematrix]

I agree. All funny money starts back to BCCI. Spooks and all the international cloak and dagger intrigue of a Times best seller will be thrown into the limelight. Not good for those who like to remain in the shadows.

[alisasny]

Were any of the husbands of "jersey girls' who are supporting Kerry from Cantor? I would like to hear their comments on this matter since Cantor clearly refers to the terrorists for what they are and does not blame USA.

[Westbrook]

alisasny wrote:

Were any of the husbands of "jersey girls' who are supporting Kerry from Cantor?

The "Jersey Girls" believe the Michael Moore story that the Bush family and the house of Saud were in bed together.

It would be really good for the President if revelations emerging from this lawsuit utterly dispel that myth.

[aardvark1]

I had never thought of this kind of "counterattack." Should be interesting.