Saudi High Commission for Relief of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Saudi High Commission for Relief of Bosnia and Herzegovina was a charity organization founded in 1993 by then Prince Salman of Saudi Arabia and supported by King Fahd. Reportedly, it had contributed $600 million in aid to Bosnian Muslims impoverished by the civil war in the former Yugoslavia before being forcibly closed in 2001. Among the items found at Sarajevo premises the Saudi High Commission when it was raided by NATO forces in September 2001 were before-and-after photographs of the World Trade Center, US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, and the USS Cole ; maps of government buildings in Washington; materials for forging US State Department badges; files on the use of crop duster aircraft; and anti-Semitic and anti-American material geared toward children. Among six Algerians who would later be incarcerated at the Camp X-Ray detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba for plotting an attack on the US embassy in Sarajevo were two employees of the Commission, including a cell member who was in telephone contact with Osama bin Laden aid and al Qaeda operational commander Abu Zubayda . David Pallister "Terrorist material found in Sarajevo charity raid" The Guardian 23 February 2002.

The Saudi High Commission for Relief of Bosnia and Herzegovina was a charity organization founded in 1993 by then Prince Salman of Saudi Arabia and supported by King Fahd. Reportedly, it had contributed $600 million in aid to Bosnian Muslims impoverished by the civil war in the former Yugoslavia before being forcibly closed in 2001. Among the items found at the Sarajevo premises for the Saudi High Commission when it was raided by NATO forces in September 2001 were before-and-after photographs of the World Trade Center, US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, and the USS Cole ; maps of government buildings in Washington; materials for forging US State Department badges; files on the use of crop duster aircraft; and anti-Semitic and anti-American material geared toward children. Among six Algerians who would later be incarcerated at the Camp X-Ray detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba for plotting an attack on the US embassy in Sarajevo were two employees of the Commission, including a cell member who was in telephone contact with Osama bin Laden aid and al Qaeda operational commander Abu Zubaydah . David Pallister "Terrorist material found in Sarajevo charity raid" The Guardian 23 February 2002.

The Saudi High Commission for Relief of Bosnia and Herzegovina was an aid agency operating in Bosnia and Herzegovina funded by Saudi Arabia . Set up in 1993 during the Bosnian War to assist Bosnian Muslims , it was forced to close in 2001 after being linked to Islamist terrorism . Founded by Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz with support from King Fahd , it reportedly spent $600 million in aid, and was awarded the King Faisal International Prize in 2001. In 2001, after the September 11 attacks , the commission's Sarajevo office was raided by NATO forces, who found material relating to those attacks and the bombings of USS Cole and US embassies in Africa , along with materials for forging US State Department badges. An employee, Sabir Mahfouz Lahmar , was detained in Camp X-Ray for an alleged plot to attack the US embassy in Sarajevo and released without charge in 2009. In 2002 U.S. authorities said $46 million of the commission's funds was unaccounted for. David Pallister "Terrorist material found in Sarajevo charity raid" The Guardian 23 February 2002.

The Saudi High Commission for Relief of Bosnia and Herzegovina was an aid agency operating in Bosnia and Herzegovina funded by Saudi Arabia. Set up in 1993 during the Bosnian War to assist Bosnian Muslims , it was forced to close in 2001 after being linked to Islamist terrorism . Founded by Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz with support from King Fahd , it reportedly spent $600 million in aid, and was awarded the King Faisal International Prize in 2001. In 2001, after the September 11 attacks , the commission's Sarajevo office was raided by NATO forces, who found material relating to those attacks and the bombings of USS Cole and US embassies in Africa , along with materials for forging US State Department badges. An employee, Sabir Mahfouz Lahmar , was detained in Camp X-Ray for an alleged plot to attack the US embassy in Sarajevo and released without charge in 2009. In 2002 U.S. authorities said $46 million of the commission's funds was unaccounted for. David Pallister "Terrorist material found in Sarajevo charity raid" The Guardian 23 February 2002.