Former head of human rights charity accused of
leading double life as terrorist fundraiser
Former head of human rights charity accused of leading double
life as terrorist fundraiser
Abdul Rahman al-Nuaimi is
accused of helping the Iraqi insurgency in the period just after the US-led
invasion in 2003
Abdul Rahman al-Nuaimi accused of sitting at centre of web of funding for al-Qaeda affiliates in countries ranging from Yemen to Syria, to Iraq to Somalia
In the summer of 2007, two prominent Somali Islamists left their war-torn country for the tranquillity of Qatar's capital, Doha. The men were put up in the five-star Millennium Hotel before addressing a seminar on the evils of Western intervention in their homeland.
In a Gulf state with no qualms about hosting radicals from across the Muslim world, there was nothing unusual about this event, save for the fact that one organiser had already crossed America's radar screen for his alleged extremist sympathies.
Abdul Rahman al-Nuaimi would later be designated by the US Treasury as a “global terrorist” and accused of sitting at the centre of a web of funding for al-Qaeda affiliates in countries ranging from Yemen to Syria, and from Iraq to Somalia.
Although he protests his innocence, Mr Nuaimi was singled out last December for US sanctions, including a travel ban and asset freeze.
Despite this public designation, Mr Nuaimi is believed to remain at liberty in Doha.
Until he was named by the US Treasury, he was president of Al-Karama, a charity based in Geneva that describes itself as an “independent human rights organization” dedicated to helping
victims of abuses in the “Arab world”...
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