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Greed that feeds terrorWashington must press for radical reform in Saudi Arabia if al-Qalda is to be defeatedMadeleine AlbrightThursday November 27, 2003The GuardianIf there is a central front in the war against terror, it is Saudi Arabia, not Iraq.If Ihe battle there is lost, it will be because of a joint failure on the part of the Saudi royal family and thewest, especially the US. If It is to be won, the worst habits of both must change.Saudi Arabia's direction matters because of its role as custodian of Islam's holy places, its status withinthe Arab world and its oil. A reformed Saudi Arabia could defeat terror at its roots. A radicalised SaudiArabia could rock the global economy and destabilise the entire Middle East.The latter possibility remains unlikely, but is dire enough to demand serious attention. As the terroristbombing of a housing complex in Riyadh earlier this month reflects, the House of Saud is besieged.Osama bin Laden has derided the regime as illegitimate, apostate, ineffectual in defending Arabinterests, and a lackey of the US. These charges find echoes In the writings of western critics, whosesensationalist books portray Saudi leaders as greedy hypocrites funnelling money to terrorists whilethrowing wild parties that mock pretensions to piety.Domestically, the regime is facing pressure for greater political openness from both conservative clericsand newly vocal modernlsers. Popular disaffection Is fuelled by the government's inability, despite vastoil reserves, to balance its budget or provide jobs for the 25% of the workforce that is unemployed.What foreign minister Saud al-Faisal has described as "a Middle East sense of time" has not given theSaudi regime fast reflexes. Bludgeoned by criticism since the twin towers attacks, it has been slow torespond. But it is trying to respond.Between September 11 2001 and May this year, the Saudis arrested more than 300 suspectedterrorists. On May 12, terrorist bombs killed 35 in the Saudi capital. Since then, the government hasarrested 300 more suspects, engaged in shootouts with cells linked to al-Qaida and seized vastquantities of illicit guns, grenades and travel documents.Saudi officials have finally acknowledged - at least Implicitly - the connection between what happens inthe streets and what is taught in mosques. More than 3,500 imams have been attending "programmesof re-education" designed to promote tolerance within Islam.The government in Riyadh is moving ahead with plans to privatise numerous economic sectors,encourage trade an d foreign Investment, an d apply for entry to the World Trade Organisation.One week after Vhe May bombings, a statement issued In the name of King Fahd renounced hiscountry's insular tradition and declared: "We are part of this world and cannot be disconnected from it."

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ONLINE JOURNALwww.onlincjoumal.comThe ties thatbind: Barclays, a binLaden relative, Carlyle and the BCCIboysBy Kevin DowlingNovember 3, 2001

Barclays pic is a "core investor" in a merchant bank set up by Osama bin Loden's brother-in-lawonBcrgcnc's beat Guernsey in the Channel Islands.Yemeni tycoon Khalid bia Mehfbuz established the Middle East Capital Group (MECG)" oo thetax-haven bland in 1996, only to bo placed under house arrest tn Saudi Arabia three years later.In the wake of the US Embassy bombings in Nairobi and Dar-es-Salaam,Saodi defence minister Frtoe Sultan that Mahfouz bad channelled tensqfjniUions into terrorist accounts inLondon and New York. T*Themaverick financier was no stranger to intrigue he was the principal shareholder in BCCI("the Bank of Criminals and Cocaine International")when it perpetrated the biggest fraud infinancial history.Mahfouz bad escaped unscathed in London and managed to plea-bargain his way out of civil andcriminal liabilitiesamounting tomore than$10 billion byagreeing to a $225 million settlementwith prosecutors in New York.Bu t when a Saudi government audit foundanother $2 billion missing from the treasury of theworld's largest private bank he $21 billion National Commercial Bank (NCB), whichMahfouz owned Khalid was forced to sell his shares and take early retirement.U.S. intelligence services want to know how much of that missing money went to front groupssecretly tunnelingmoney to Osama bin Ladcn'l al-Qaeda organization.These are alleged to include:

The London-baaed Advice and Reformation Committee. AnAfrica aid group called Blessed Relief whose directors included Mr. Mahfouz' B son; AKenya branchofHelp Africa People, run by several menlater convicted or Indicted forthe U,S, embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania;

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Motley, Ronald L.From: [email protected]: Monday, August 25, 2003 5:19 PMTo: [email protected]; [email protected]; Thompson, Jeff; Motley, Ronald L.;

[email protected]; Migllorl, Don; Flowers, Jodi; Eisner, Mike;ablersteln @ hanlyconroy.comSubject: USA Today report

Saudi money aiding terrorist bin LadenBy Jack Kelley, USAT ODAYWASHINGTON - More than a year after the U.S. Embassy bombings in East Africa, prominent businessmen inSaudi Arabia continue to transfer tens of millions of dollars to bank accounts linked to indicted terrorist O sama binLaden, senior U.S. intelligence officials told USA TO DAY .The money transfers, which began more than five years ago, have been used to finance several terrorist acts bybin Laden, including the attempted assassination in 1995 of Egyptian President Hosnl Mubarak in Ethiopia, theofficials said.Secretary of State Madeleine Albright Is expected to raise the issue with Prince Sultan, the Saudidefenseminister, during his visit toWashington next week. Saudi Arabia, the main U.S. ally In the Persian Gulf, haspledged to fight terrorism.According to a Saudi government audit acquired by U.S. intelligence, five of Saudi Arabia's top businessmenordered the National Commercial Bank (NCB), the kingdom's largest, to transfer personal funds, along with $3million diverted from a Saudi pension fund, to New York and London banks.The money was dep osited into the accounts of Islamic cha rities, Including Islamic R elief and Blessed Relief, thatserve as fronts for bin Laden.The businessmen, who are worth m ore than S5 billion, are paying bin Laden "protection money" to stave offattacks on their businesses In Saudi Arabia, intelligence officials said. B in Laden, who se family runs the largestSaudi construction firm, has called for the overthrow of the Saudi governm ent.The money transfers were discovered In April after the royal family ordered an audit of NCB and its founder andformer chairman, Khalid bin Mahfouz, U.S. officials say. Mahfouz is now under "house arrest" at a military hospitalin the Saudi city of Taif, intelligence officials said.His successor, Mohammad Hussein AI-Amoudi, also heads the Capitol Trust Bank in New York and London,which U.S. and British officials are investigating for allegedly transferrin g money to bin Laden. Amoudl'sWashington lawyer, Verno n Jordan, could not be reached for comment.Mahfouz's son, Abdul Rahman Mahfouz, is on the board of Blessed Relief in Sudan. Suspects in the Mubarakattack are linked to the charity.Bin Laden faces U.S. criminal charges for allegedly masterminding the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies inKenya and Tanzania that killed 224 people. B in Laden, who is in Afghanistan, denies the charges.Saudi Ambassado r Prince Bandar bin Sultan declined to comment on the reports.

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Eotabs, or Bluster?By Madelelae K. Albright:From Poreiga Affaire, September/October 2003

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IMetford/Somerririe,103.20.02]-Dr. Acterman, DeanBosworth, distinguishedofficials andfaculty of the FletcherSchool;family, friends, and members o T thedoss of 2002, congratulationo endgood morning to youaIt (9 anhonor to ehare this moment with youand also a great personal pleasure.Ax a professor, | {ovo academicsurroundings. As a parent andgrandparent I love graduations.Andas a foreign policywonk, Iknow I am treading on hallowedground.Although I did not attend Fletcher,I fed many peteonal connections tothb fine school Back In the 1860*3,thishwhere Imet one of my _heroes, former Secretary of State DeanAoheson, alterhe deflveted aspeech. I never Imagined thenthat Iwould one daybeappointed toAcheson's fob.Ifa not that I tacked ambifion; IC e Just met I had never seenft Secretary ofState In a skirlWhen I didhavethehonor ofservingfrithatposition,onoofmygreatpleasuresvitas working with our Ambassador to theRepublicof Korea,SteveBosworth.Hela,as youhave learned,wiseandMerited,handcomeandcharismatic.America could not have had a finer Ambassador, AndRetchor couldnot havechosena more capable leader.The other connection IhavetoFletcher (9 thatwherever IwenlasSecretaryofState, Iwas constantly bumping Into your graduates whethertheywere ingovernment, thebusiness communityor anongovernmentalorganization. Thereason Is that thefaculty andatumnJ of th(a cchoo!compriseaworldaffairs dream team. You areeverywhereand your recordto ncredible.Infeet. Iwouldsay hatFletcher is moreaccomplishedthananycomparable instrtutton-with the obvious exception of the GeorgetownSchool ofForeignService,whereI teach.

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MAR- 13-0 Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 3:00 PM> To: O'Neal, Daniel L> Subject: FW: FW: Madeline Albright>>> Daniel,>> Have you translated the La Monde article attached?> If not, please do> so. I'm having it bates stamped today so it should> be ready by tomorrow> on the L:/ If you have please send a copy to me and> Mike's attentio n.> Thanks so much Daniel. I'll be gone tomorrow and> Friday so this is> probably the last s.ide project until Mon ;) !>> ----- Original Message -----> From: Eisner, Mike> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 2:40PM> To: Saunders, Lisa> Subject: FW: FW: Madeline Albright>>> Can you have Daniel translate the Le Monde article> if he has not already> done so. Thanks>> - - - - - Original Massage -- -> F r o m : jc brisard [mailto:jcbrisardSyahoo.com]> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 7:11 AM> T o: Eisner, M i k e ; D a v is , Ben; M o re l a n d , L i n d a W .> Subject: R e : F W : M a de l i ne Albright> Mike,> Attached is the French intel memo from PBS. have> another one, quite similar, from the same source,> that> I provided to you earlier. I can forward it again if> needed. The 400 French parliamentary report has also> been provided to you in original at the very> beginning> of the case. Its a report of the National Assembly> money laundering committee which published in> appendix> my own report to the French intel on Osama Bin Laden financial> networks. I can also forward this doc. Finally, the Yeslam point> appears in my report and also in my book (first original edition).> Yeslam later> said he paid the courses for a former French> policeman> and no charges against him on that basis were> issued.> I also attached the French daily Le Monde dealing> with> this..> Best Regards,> JCB> "Eisner, Mike" wrote:> > Jean Charles on page 4 of the attached article> there> > is a reference to a> > 400 page parliamentary report. On page 5 there ia> a reference to a 3

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message Page 1 of 1Moreland, Linda W,From: Eisner, MikeSent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 8:47AMTo: Moreland, Linda W.Subject: FW:Prince Sultan's visit to Albright Nov. 3rd, 1999

Please file under Albright and Sultan.---- Original Message -----From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 6:48 PMTo: Modey, RonaldL;[email protected];Migllori, Don; Flowers, Jodi; Eisner, Mike;[email protected]; Thompson, Jeff;[email protected]; [email protected]: Prince Sultan's visit to Albright Nov. 3rd, 1999

RoyalEmbassy of Saudi ArabiaInformationOfficeWashington, D.C.

PRESS RELEASEF O R I M M E D I A T E DISTRIBUTIONNovember 5, 1999

SAUDI EMBASSY DENIES 'EARLY END' TO PRINCE SULTAN'S VISITThe Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington DC yesterday issued thefollowing clarification:In view of Inaccurate reports disseminated by some news agencies thatSecond Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Aviation andInspector-General Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz cut short his official visit tothe United States, the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington DCwould like to make it clear that Prince Sultan completed all scheduledmeetings during his official visit to WashingtonDCfrom 1st to 4th ofNovember.His Royal Highness Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz met with Secretary of StateAlbright on Wednesday November 3rd Instead of Friday November 5th atthe White House before his meeting with President Clinton.The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia would like to clarify this to all newsagencies."

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DEPARTMENT OF STATEDaily Press Briefing1:20 P.M., 08 July 1999Briefer: James B. Folcy

TRANSCRIPT: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE DAILY PRESS BRIEFING(begin transcript)Foley: Good afternoon. Welcom e to the State D epartment briefin g.Q: Is the Secretary going to Singapore?Folcy: I don't think that has been decided yet. As you know, th e Secretary is away on vacation now,and I expect that Mr. Rubin will be in a position to talk in detail about her travel plans. We've indicatedthat she's likely to make a visi t to the M iddle East in the near future, to be determined, in consultationwith th e parties, including during Prime M inister Barak's v isit here, now set for the 15th of July.But in terms of her specific travel plans for the latter half of July, I think we'll have to await Mr.Rubin's return on Monday .Q: So you're saying - and we'll report it if w e have it right - so let me try again. Secretary Albrighthasn't decided yet whether to go to the ASEAN Foley: Well, I can check that fo r you .Q: Could you, because everybod y out there is ready.Folcy: What do you mean out there?

Q: Well, Singapore, they think she's coming. And if you think w e ought to tell them that sh e doesn'tknow if she's going there yet, we w ill .Foley: Well, I know that you are quick to draw such co nclusions, but -Q: I'm not drawing conclusions. You said something, an d I'm simply repeating it. Rather than leavingthe room with what you said, I'm asking you to take another swing at it if I heard you right.

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