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Article: Muslim charity's European chief linked to bin Laden
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
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- May 7, 2002
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CHICAGO (AP) - A man Spanish authorities say has links to Osama
bin Laden's terrorist network also is an official of a suburban
Chicago Muslim charity whose assets have been frozen, the charity's
lawyer said Monday.
Nabil Sayadi, head of Global Relief Foundation's European
operations, was among several men accused by Spanish authorities
April 24 as receiving money earmarked for bin Laden's al-Qaida
organization.
Spanish authorities also identified Sayadi as having close ties to
Wadih El-Hage, a bin-Laden lieutenant who was convicted in the deadly
1998 bombings of U.S. Embassies in Tanzania and Kenya.
Global Relief attorney Rogers Simmons acknowledged Sayadi's
connection to El-Hage and the ...