The Sannabil Charitable Committee was a charity front in the
United Kingdom
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which raised money for the banned terrorist organization called the
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group
The Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), also known as ''Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya'' ( ar, الجماعة الإسلامية المقاتلة بليبيا), was an armed Islamist group. Militants participated in the 2011 Liby ...
, which is aligned with
al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda (; , ) is an Islamic extremism, Islamic extremist organization composed of Salafist jihadists. Its members are mostly composed of Arab, Arabs, but also include other peoples. Al-Qaeda has mounted attacks on civilian and military ta ...
. Sannabil was banned worldwide, and its assets frozen, on 7 February 2006 by the
United Nations Security Council Committee 1267.
[UN list of affiliates of al-Qaeda and the Taliban](_blank)
see "Sannabil RELIEF AGENCY LIMITED" Several related corporations and individuals were embargoed at the same time (see
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group
The Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), also known as ''Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya'' ( ar, الجماعة الإسلامية المقاتلة بليبيا), was an armed Islamist group. Militants participated in the 2011 Liby ...
).
In the
Combatant Status Review Tribunal
The Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRT) were a set of tribunals for confirming whether detainees held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp had been correctly designated as "enemy combatants". The CSRTs were esta ...
of
Fenaitel Daihani, some of the evidence against him was his previous work for Sannabil.
[Summary of Evidence (.pdf)]
from pages 25-26 of Daihani's Combatant Status Review Tribunal
The Combatant Status Review Tribunal states:
*"The Sannabil Charitable Committee is considered a fund raising front for the
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group
The Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), also known as ''Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya'' ( ar, الجماعة الإسلامية المقاتلة بليبيا), was an armed Islamist group. Militants participated in the 2011 Liby ...
."
*"The Libyan Islamic Fighting Group is listed as a terrorist organization in the U.S.
Dept. of Homeland Security Terrorist Organization Reference Guide."
Al Daihani, an accountant at
Kuwait
Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...
's State Audit Bureau, stated that he thought the Sannabil Committee was a legitimate charity, with its headquarters in
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
.
[Summarized Transcripts (.pdf)]
from pages 12-23 of Fenaitel Daihani's Combatant Status Review Tribunal
The Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRT) were a set of tribunals for confirming whether detainees held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp had been correctly designated as "enemy combatants". The CSRTs were esta ...
In May 2006 police
Greater Manchester Police's anti-terrorism unit conducted 18 raids under the 2000
Terrorism Act, including the offices of the Sannabil Relief Agency.
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reported that these raids were linked to support for the insurgency in
Iraq
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. Seven other people were arrested and charged at the same time on a mix of terrorism and immigration charges. Nasuf was due to be deported back to Libya under new powers given to the Home Secretary to deport any foreign national thought to be a security threat. Ten suspects were arrested. Two were released. Among the remaining eight suspects was a
Libya
Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya bo ...
n refugee named
Tahir Nasuf.
References
Charities based in England
Front organizations
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