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Ali Ahmed Ali Hamad is a citizen of Bahrain who testified before a United Nations War Crime investigation that the unit of foreign fighters he was a part of, in Bosnia, was financed, in part, by the Saudi High Commission for Relief of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[citation needed]
He is currently serving a ten-year sentence in Bosnia, for playing a role in the Mostar car bombing in 1997.[1][better source needed][better source needed]
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports he is expected to testify during Re terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001—a civil suit against charities and other organizations accused of playing a support role in the attacks.[1][better source needed]
On 14 January 2009 it was reported[by whom?] that Ali Ahmed Ali Hamad was seeking asylum in Serbia. In exchange for asylum Ali Ahmed has promised to tell Serbian officials about crimes that were committed against Serbs and Croats by mujahedin units under the control of the Bosnian Muslim government.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ a b Chris Mondics (May 31, 2008). "A former al-Qaeda fighter accuses a Saudi charity". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on 2008-06-03. Retrieved 2008-06-01.
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