IN RE TERRORIST ATTACKS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 835 Cite as 349 F.Supp.2d 765 (S.D.N.Y. 2005) The Burnett Plaintiffs claim that mem- Burnett complaints are granted in their bers of the Spanish al Qaeda cell used entirety. Arab Bank to make wire transfers. Bur- nett Complaint 1138 (alleging Arab Bank 4. Al Baraka Investment & Develop- is “used regularly by al Qaeda’s Spanish ment Corporation and Saleh Ab- cell for transfers of cash to members of al dullah Kamel Qaeda operating in Germany, Pakistan, Af- [98] The Ashton and Burnett com- ghanistan, Lebanon, Yemen, Bosnia, and pjaints detail nearly identical claims elsewhere”); td. 99139, 528 (alleging goainst Al Baraka Investment & Develop- $6,400 wire transfer through Arab Bank ment Corp. (‘Al Baraka”) and Saleh Ab- from member of Spanish al Qaeda cell to qullah Kamel. Ashton Complaint 11 583— an extremist associated with Chej Salah in 601; Burnett Complaint 1147-66. Saleh Spain). These Plaintiffs conclude that Apduyllah Kamel was born in Saudi Arabia “Arab Bank PLC has materially sup- jn 1941 and founded Dallah Albaraka ported, aided, and abetted and financed al Group LLC in 1969. Ashton Complaint Qaeda.” Id. 1138. 1587; Burnett Complaint 151. Dallah Al- The Federal and Burnett complaints do baraka is a diversified conglomerate based not include any facts to support the infer- in Jeddah and includes twenty-three banks ence that Arab Bank knew or had to know i Arab and Islamic countries. Ashton that it was providing material support to Complaint 1588; Burnett Complaint 152. terrorists by providing financial services to Dallah Albaraka is a shareholder of Aqsa the charity Defendants or by processing Islamic Bank, a bank that Israel has re- wire transfers in Spain. The paragraphs fused to approve, “citing its obvious ties do not allege any involvement by, knowl- with known terrorists.” Ashton Complaint edge of, or participation in any wrongful 19 596, 597; Burnett Complaint 1160, 61. conduct by Arab Bank. These Plaintiff