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To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (20484)	12/14/2003 6:28:48 PM
From: lorne	Respond to of 23908

Saudi Diplomats Join Bin Laden Supporters by SIA News arabianews.org (Washington - December 9, 2003) – Several Saudi diplomats in Washington will join extremist supporters of terror leader Osama Bin Laden in a Texas conference this Christmas. At least two diplomats will be joining Shaikh Abdallah Ibn Jebreen, and Shaikh Muhammad Saalih al-Munajid, known supporters of Osama Bin Laden, who are speaking at the conference in Huston, Texas. Ibn Jebreen a senior influential cleric in Saudi Arabia, connected to the Saudi government promotes extremism and is highly regarded among supporters of Al-Qaeda. In a recent audio tape obtained by SIA news and recorded this past October, Ibn Jebreen said Bin Laden is a great warrior in the path of God. “Osama is a man who fought in the path of God for a long time. May God aid him and bring victory to him and by him,” he said. Ibn Jebreen issued at least two fatwas in support of Taliban and encouraged Saudi youths to join Taliban and Al-Qaeda. He also issued a fatwa encouraging Saudis to aid Iraqi insurgents in fighting the US forces in Iraq with money and men. Ibn Jabreen is also the father-in-law of one of the 26 Saudis on the ‘Most Wanted’ list for terrorism issued by the government this week. Issa Bin Saad Al-Oshan, a close aid and son-in-law of Ibn Jebreen, was named as one of the 26 terror fugitives. Ibn Jebreen also serves as a senior advisor to World Assembly of Muslim Youths (WAMY), an extremist organization financed by the Saudi government and headed by its minister of Islamic Affairs. Another extremist who will be speaking to the conference is a Saudi official Shaikh Muhammad Saalih al-Munajid who owns an extremist website (http://www.islam-qa.com/). The website which broadcast in six languages promotes the hatred of Christians and Jews, and waging jihad against Shia Muslims. Al-Munajid, a Palestinian cleric living in Saudi Arabia and is employed by the government as the imam of Umar Ibn Abd al-Azeez mosque in al-Khobar, in addition to hosting and producing radio programs for state owned religious radio (Koran radio). Among his financial backers are Saudi Ambassador to Spain and former deputy governor of the Eastern province Saud Bin Naif Al-Saud. The two diplomats listed as speaker in the conference are, Shaikh Yousef Al-Shubaily, who works at the Saudi government’s Institute of Islamic and Arabic Sciences in America (IIASA). The second diplomat is Ibrahim Al-Kulaib who works at the IIASA and used to receive financial support from Saudi Ambassador in Washington, Bandar Bin Sultan, on several occasions until September 11, according to Kulaib himself. The money was used to support an organization he founded and radio programs in the Washington area. Bandar Bin Sultan is the chairman of the IIASA’s board of trustees, and a major backer. IIASA teaches Wahhabi Islam free of charge to students in the US and is one of several branches of the main religious university in Saudi Arabia, Imam Mohamed Bin Saud A third diplomat, Jafar Idriss who was set to speak at the conference was asked by the US to leave the country two weeks ago for violating diplomatic conduct. IIASA lists the websites of Ibn Jebreen and Al-Munajid on its official website as legitimate sources on Islamic teachings. Adel Al-Jubeir, spokesman of the Saudi Embassy and a colleague of these diplomats could not be reached for comments on this story.