Adel Batterjee
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Adel bin Abdul-Jalil Batterjee is a noted Saudi Arabian businessman and philanthropist, most widely known as the incorporator of the U.S., Canadian, and Saudi Arabian branches of the purported terrorist funding conduit Benevolence International Foundation (q.v.).[1] Batterjee is free in Saudi Arabia, but is under a worldwide travel ban, financial embargo, and weapons embargo by the UN 1267 Committee[2] and a financial embargo the US Department of the Treasury.[3]
As of 2002 Batterjee was head of the Al Shamal Islamic Bank in Sudan and was one of its largest shareholders.[1] According to a 1996 U.S. State Department factsheet[4] the bank was capitalized with $50 million by Osama bin Laden and other National Islamic Front members. Al-Qaeda members who were funded via this bank included Jamal al-Fadl and Wadih el-Hage.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Josh Devon and James Mitre (October 28, 2002). The Man Behind the Curtain: Why is Adel Batterjee free to fund terror?. National Review.
- ^ UN list of affiliates of al-Qaeda and the Taliban
- ^ Former BIF Leader and al-Qaida Associate Named Under E.O. 13224, press release by US Treasury, 21 December 2004
- ^ a b Trail of terrorist dollars that spans the world, Financial Times, 29 November 2001
