NARRATIVE SUMMARIES OF REASONS FOR LISTING
QI.A.179.04. SULIMAN HAMD SULEIMAN AL-BUTHE
Date on which the narrative summary became available on the Committee’s website: 30 October 2009
Suliman Hamd Suleiman al-Buthe was listed on 28 September 2004 pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 16 of resolution 1526 (2004) as being associated with Al-Qaida, Usama bin Laden or the Taliban for “participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing or perpetrating of acts of activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf or in support of” Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01).
Additional Information:
Al-Buthe has provided financial, material, and/or logistical support to Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01) and Usama bin Laden (QE.B.8.01).
Al-Buthe was one of the founders and directors of Al-Haramain Foundation (United States of America) (QE.A.117.04), which was formally established in 1997. Documents naming Al-Buthe as the organization’s attorney and providing him with broad legal authority were signed by Aqeel Abdulaziz Aqeel al-Aqeel (QI.A.171.04), a founder and former director of Al-Haramain.
Al-Haramain Foundation (United States of America) was a branch of the Saudi Arabia-based Al-Haramain Foundation (AHF) which presented itself as a private, charitable and educational non-governmental organization. When viewed as a single entity, Al-Haramain was one of the principal NGOs active throughout the world providing support for the Al-Qaida network. Funding generally came from individual benefactors and special campaigns which targeted selected business entities around the world.
Al-Aqeel and the Al-Haramain branches in Bosnia and Herzegovina (QE.A.71.02), Somalia (QE.A.72.02), Indonesia (QE.A.103.04), Kenya (QE.A.105.04), Tanzania (QE.106.04), Pakistan (QE.104.04), Afghanistan (QE.A.110.04), Albania (QE.A.111.04), Bangladesh (QE.A.112.04), Ethiopia (QE.A.113.04), the Netherlands (QE.A.114.04), the Union of the Comoros (QE.A.116.04) and the United States of America (QE.A.117.04) have provided financial, material and/or technological support to Usama bin Laden’s Al-Qaida network, including Jemaah Islamiyah (QE.J.92.02), Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya (QE.A.2.01), the Egyptian Islamic Jihad (QE.A.3.01) and Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (QE.L.118.05). These terrorist organizations received funding from Al-Haramain and used Al-Haramain as a front for fundraising and operational activities.
Al-Buthe facilitated support efforts provided by AHF as a worldwide organization in Chechnya which were directed towards fighters as well as Chechen leaders affiliated with the Al-Qaida network. Some funds sent by AHF may have been used to purchase weapons and military equipment.
The United States branch of AHF was linked to Usama bin Laden, and to Al-Qaida-associated individuals and entities. Following the United States Embassy bombing attacks in East Africa in August 1998, another founder of AHF (United States of America) received funding from Usama bin Laden. AHF (United States of America) provided funding to a US-based Imam who attended a terrorist training camp run by Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (QE.L.118.05).
Related listed individuals and entities:
Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya / AIAI (QE.A.2.01), listed on 6 October 2001
Egyptian Islamic Jihad (QE.A.3.01), listed on 6 October 2001
Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01), listed on 6 October 2001
Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation (QE.A.71.02), listed on 13 March 2002
Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation (QE.A.72.02), listed on 13 March 2002
Jemaah Islamiyah (QE.J.92.02), listed on 25 October 2002
Al-Haramain Foundation (Indonesia) (QE.A.103.04), listed on 26 January 2004
Al-Haramain Foundation (Pakistan) (QE.A.104.04), listed on 26 January 2004
Al-Haramayn Foundation (Kenya) (QE.A.105.04), listed on 26 January 2004
Al-Haramayn Foundation (Tanzania) (QE.A.106.04), listed on 26 January 2004
Al-Haramain: Afghanistan Branch (QE.A.110.04), listed on 6 July 2004
Al-Haramain: Albania Branch (QE.A.111.04), listed on 6 July 2004
Al-Haramain: Bangladesh Branch (QE.A.112.04), listed on 6 July 2004
Al-Haramain: Ethiopia Branch (QE.A.113.04), listed on 6 July 2004
Al-Haramain: The Netherlands Branch (QE.A.114.04), listed on 6 July 2004
Al-Haramain Foundation (Union of the Comoros) (QE.A.116.04), listed on 28 September 2004
Al-Haramain Foundation (United States of America) (QE.A.117.04), listed on 28 September 2004
Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (QE.L.118.05), listed on 2 May 2005
Usama Muhammed Awad bin Laden (QI.B.8.01), listed on 25 January 2001
Aqeel Abdulaziz Aqeel al-Aqeel (QI.A.171.04), listed on 6 July 2004