'terror' Banks Targeted In 9/11 Suit

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'TERROR' BANKS TARGETED IN 9/11 SUIT
www.nypost.com - By CARL CAMPANILE - May 16, 2005


The family of the late FBI counterterrorism chief John O'Neill and others affected by 9/11 have filed new court papers accusing several Islamic banks, charitable groups and individuals with being part of a terror-racketeering conspiracy.

Among those named in the complaints are the Al Baraka Bank in Saudi Arabia and its chairman, Saleh Abdullah Kamel; the Dubai Islamic Bank in the United Arab Emirates; The Muslim League; and the Faisal Islamic Bank of Sudan.

All are accused of conspiracy to murder, providing material support to terrorists, money-laundering and fraud.

O'Neill, who had just retired from the FBI, was the new head of security at the World Trade Center and died when terrorists destroyed the towers.

Manhattan federal Judge Richard Casey ordered plaintiffs to spell out specific claims against each defendant in separate filings.

Casey has already dismissed claims filed against several other banks, ruling they can't be held responsible for merely conducting "routine business."

The O'Neill family charged that Kamel was one of al Qaeda's top financial supporters. The statement cited documents obtained by Bosnian police that found Kamel on al Qaeda's "gold chain" list of sponsors.

The O'Neill complaint alleges the Dubai Islamic Bank's officers were "directly involved" in the 9/11 attacks, citing a report by U.S. authorities that said al Qaeda obtained "hundreds of thousand of dollars" in money transfers from Dubai Islamic Bank that funded the 9/11 hijackers.