| A former chief of the Al-Haramain Charitable Foundation, which Saudi Arabia announced it was dissolving, said in press remarks yesterday he would defend himself in court against US allegations he had funded terror while heading the organization. âI intend to (file) a judicial appeal and be represented by a lawyer in the United States to counter an American decision to carry my name on a list of those who finance terrorism,â Aqeel Al-Aqeel was quoted by Okaz Arabic daily as saying. This measure is âan injusticeâ, said Aqeel, who headed the charity until the end of 2003. In a similar statement published in the London-based daily Al-Hayat, Aqeel said he was determined to clear his name in the United States. âThese accusations are wrong and we will prove it,â he said, adding that he had âhelped the poor, the orphans and widowed, and provided all necessary humanitarian aidâ for 25 years of his life. Adel Al-Jubeir, foreign affairs adviser to Crown Prince Abdullah, said Wednesday that the Al-Haramain charity and other private groups would be dissolved or have their international operations and assets folded into the new Saudi National Commission for Charitable Work Abroad. |