834 349 FEDERAL SUPPLEMENT, 2d SERIES dant Dallah Al Baraka Group, which is Qaeda activity a sufficient allegation of chaired by Defendant Saleh Abdullah Ka- providing material support). The com- mel. Saudi American Bank is close to the plaints have provided Saudi American Saudi Bin Laden family, ... appears on its Bank with no notice of Plaintiffs’ claims or financial transactions” and provides bank- grounds for relief. Accordingly, Saudi ing services to its Sudanese operations. American Bank’s motions to dismiss the Ashton Complaint 11 607-8; Burnett Com- Ashton and Burnett complaints are grant- plaint 19 144, 146. ed in their entirety. “In the year 2000, the Saudi American 3. Arab Bank Bank participated in the fundraising cam- ; ae nS - ion [97] The Federal Plaintiffs claim Arab paign in Saudi Arabia for collecting dona- . . Coe ‘ ‘ 5 Bank is a financial institution headquar- tions to the ‘heroes of the Al Quds upris- . . . . . «ae tered in Egypt with branch offices ing’ (Intifada) by providing a bank account . : vege . . throughout the world, including New York. and facilities to receive donations for a . . . . ae . Federal Complaint 1357. Arab Bank committee of charity organizations includ- lai ti tuall Jordanian bank ing Defendants WAMY, ITRO and Al Har- O@mS Tt IS actualy a . oF . headquartered in Amman, Jordan. Arab amain Foundation.” Ashton Complaint « . . . Bank allegedly has “long provided finan- 1609; Burnett Complaint 1 147. f ; 3 _ — cial services and other forms of material The essence of Plaintiffs’ claim is that support to terrorist organizations, includ- through its relationships with other banks ing al Qaeda.” Federal Complaint 1 358. and support of the Saudi Binladin group’s Further, these Plaintiffs allege that the work in Sudan, Saudi American Bank pro- September 11 attacks were a “direct, in- vided material support to al Qaeda. It is tended and foreseeable product of Arab not alleged to have done anything to di- Bank’s participation in