Abd al-Muhsin al-Libi

Abd al-Muhsin al-Libi was a Pakistani charity director who is suspected of helping to finance terrorist groups. According to American counter-terrorism officials Abd al-Muhsin al-Libi, while serving as the director of the Pakistan offices of two charities, was actually subverting those charities funds to finance terrorism.

Al-Libi was identified by Paul O'Neill, who was then US Secretary of the Treasury, who said al-Libi was the director of the Pakistan offices of the Afghanistan Support Committee and the Revival of Islamic Heritage Society. [http://italy.usembassy.gov/file2002_01/alia/a2010902.htm O'Neill Reports Progress Against Terrorist Financing] , "US State Department", January 9 2002]

A release from the Treasury's Press Office alleged that the Pakistan office had inflated the number of orphans under its care: [http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/po909.htm Fact Sheet: The Continuing War on Terrorist Assets] , "US Treasury Office of Public Affairs", January 9 2002]
*"The RIHS is a Kuwaiti-based non-governmental organization. In Pakistan and Afghanistan it is affiliated with ASC. The Peshawar, Pakistan office director for RIHS is Abd al-Muhsin Al-Libi, who also serves as the ASC manager in Peshawar. Al-Libi has provided Usama bin Laden and his associates with facilities in Peshawar, and has carried money and messages on behalf of Usama bin Laden. [http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/po909.htm Fact Sheet: The Continuing War on Terrorist Assets] , "US Treasury Office of Public Affairs", January 9 2002]
*"The Pakistan office defrauded RIHS donors to fund terrorism. In order to obtain additional funds from the Kuwait RIHS headquarters, the RIHS office in Pakistan padded the number of orphans it claimed to care for by providing names of orphans that did not exist or who had died. Funds then sent for the purpose of caring for the non-existent or dead orphans were instead diverted to al-Qaida terrorists. There is no evidence at this point that this financing was done with the knowledge of RIHS in Kuwait. [http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/po909.htm Fact Sheet: The Continuing War on Terrorist Assets] , "US Treasury Office of Public Affairs", January 9 2002]

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