Ali Ahmed Ali Hamad, Graphic source: The Philadelphia Inquirer
Ali Ahmed Ali Hamad, a former al-Qaeda commander, accused a government charity, the Saudi High Commission for Relief of Bosnia and Herzegovina, of funding his insurgent unit in Bosnia. Saudi Arabia has flatly denied these accusations for years. Hamad testified in a United Nations war-crimes trial. There is some question as to the veracity of Hamad as a convicted terrorist. He is serving a 10-year sentence in a Bosnian jail for his role in a 1997 Mostar bombing. He testified that the Saudi Commission had poured tens of millions of dollars into terrorist units led by al-Qaeda operatives who fought with Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. The money was waylayed from humanitarian relief to buy weapons and military supplies. The charities also provided false identification, employment papers, diplomatic plates and vehicles that permitted Islamist fighters to enter the country and pass easily through military checkpoints. Several charity offices were led by former mujaheddin or al-Qaeda members. Like other al-Qaeda fighters, Hamad stated he traveled through the war zone in commission vehicles with diplomatic plates.
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