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SET ALI AHMAD MESDAQ; INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM- UBL (0) IDENTITY OF THE FOREIGN POWER WITH WHICH SUBJECT IS LINKED NF) Usama Bin Laden/Al-Qaeda was identified by several U. S. and foreign intelligence services. as a major supporter and financier of Islamic extremist and terrorist activities. As the son a wealthy Saudi construction magnate, his personal fortune is estimated to be in excess of $250 million. Further, he is believed to be involved in financing and support to numerous terrorist organizations to include the Islamic Group (IG), Egyptian Islamic Jihad (BIJ), Hamas, the Algerian Armed Islamic Group (GIA), and Afghan war veterans who continue to engage in terrorist activities. Bin Laden may also be supporting Jamaat Al-Muslimeen and the Tablighi Jamaat. Bin Laden acts as the equivalent of a state sponsor of terrorism for EIJ in three important regards: finance, logistical support and safe haven. The vast Bin Laden network of commercial enterprises, properties, and contacts afford the EIJ access to safe houses, documents cover, and the means of travel, He also operates through a network of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) which help facilitate the logistical support. Xn) Bin Laden and his organization remain the top priority of the FBI and the intelligence community. In October 1999, the Secretary of State added Al-Qaeda to the list of designated international terrorist organizations. The Tablighi Jamaat /NF) The Tablighi Jamaat, (aka Tabligh-i-Jamaat, Tableeghi amaat, Tabligh Movement, Jama'tat Al-Tabligh, Jamaati Tabligh, “Al-Dawa Al-Tabligh, Tabligh Eddawa Ellallah, and United Da'wa) was a self-proclaimed non-violent missionary organization, with its headquarters in Pakistan. However, contrary to its non- violent self-proclamations, it has been associated with a number of known terrorist organizations to include Usama Bin Laden's network in Afghanistan, the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) in Algeria, the Filipino Moro National Liberation Front (FMNL) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in the Philippines, ~the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Jamaat Al-Muslimeen in Trinidad, and the Harakat Ul-Ansar (HUA) in Kashmir. NF) The Tablighi Jamaat's stated goals are to Islamize society by gaining new converts and by drawing lapsed SEC) 2