Every indexed document

but in every instance involved the knowing provision of financial services and other forms of material support to al-Qaeda. In certain cases

“[t]he [al Haramain branch] offices’ directors are employees who follow directions of the main office with regards to hiring workers at the offices and making any decisions on cooperation with any party.”42 In designating Aqeel as a terrori...

thereby providing al-Qaeda with an efficient mechanism to support its global expansion. Defendant Abdullah Naseef met personally with Osama bin Laden around the time of Al-Qaeda’s formation

the Charity Official defendants were directly responsible for appointing senior al-Qaeda members to positions of authority within the purported charities

this Court commented in relation to a prior appeal in this *32 proceeding that plaintiffs’ allegations concerning the terrorist activities of the purported charities “include a wealth of detail (conscientiously cited to published and unpubl...

the nature of the support provided by these organizations to al-Qaeda has taken many forms

the partnerships forged during the Afghan jihad with the Muslim World League

al-Qaeda relied on the network of charities and wealthy individual donors established for the Afghan jihad to sustain its growth and development.16 According to the United Nations Security Council Committee Concerning al-Qaeda and the Talib...

bin Laden turned its focus towards the United States. This was not done secretly

the jihad’s leaders debated what to do next.

bin Laden determined that the network that supported the mujahedeen in Afghanistan should not be abandoned

bin Laden founded the Maktab al Khidmat (“Office of Services”) to facilitate the provision of financial and logistic support to the mujahedeen.9 Throughout the Afghan jihad

almost worldwide organization. This organization included a financial support network that came to be known as the “Golden Chain

al-Qaeda has its origins in the jihad against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan

plaintiffs in all cases agreed voluntarily to withdrew the appeals as to twenty-two defendants.6 Several additional non-dispositive stipulations of dismissal were filed in individual cases as to other Appellees. As a result

plaintiffs moved this Court to summarily vacate the dismissals in favor of defendants’ SRC

and noted that the Circuit had employed its mini-en banc procedure

this Court issued its decision in Doe v. Bin Laden

plaintiffs conceded that Terrorist Attacks III was dispositive as to the immunity defenses asserted by the Saudi Red Crescent Society (SRC) and Saudi Joint Relief Committee for Kosovo and Chechnya (SJRC)

approximately 90 initial Rule 12 motions remained pending before the district court. Following Terrorist Attacks III