·September 10, 2002 – Saudi Arabia reveals that it has taken joint steps with the United States to freeze the assets of a close bin Laden aide, Wa’el Hamza Julaidan.
·May, 2003 – A Saudi-US task force is set up from law enforcement and intelligence agencies to work side by side sharing intelligence and conducting joint operations in the fight against terrorism. US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Robert Jordan, describes the cooperation of Saudi investigators with US law enforcement representatives as “superb”.
·August, 2003 – Saudi Arabia and the US establish a second joint task force aimed at combating the financing of terror.
·December 22, 2003 – Saudi Arabia and the US take steps to designate two organisations as financiers of terrorism under UN Security Council Resolution 1267 (1999). These organisations are the Bosnia-based Vazir and the Liechtenstein-based Hochburg AG. Safet Durguti, a representative of the Vazir organisation, has also been designated under the relevant UN Security Council resolutions as a terrorist financier. This was the third joint action taken against terrorist financing by the US Treasury Department and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
·January 22, 2004 – Saudi Arabia and the US ask the UN Sanctions Committee to designate four branches of the Al-Haramain Foundation as financial supporters of terrorism. The branches are located in Kenya, Tanzania, Pakistan and Indonesia and subject to the laws and regulations of those countries.
·April 29, 2004 – The office of the Coordinator for Counter-terrorism of the US Department of State releases its 2003 ‘Patterns of Global Terrorism’ report. The report praises Saudi Arabia for its “unprecedented” efforts in fighting terrorism both inside its borders and abroad. J. Cofer Black, Coordinator for Counter-terrorism, says: “I would cite Saudi Arabia as an excellent example of a nation increasingly focusing its political will to fight terrorism. Saudi Arabia has launched an aggressive, comprehensive, and unprecedented campaign to hunt down terrorists, uncover their plots, and cut off their sources of funding.
·Saudi Arabia has provided extensive intelligence and military cooperation in the assault on Al-Qaeda. Public disclosures to date have revealed major Saudi contributions to the breakup of a number of Al-Qaeda cells, the arrest of key Al-Qaeda commanders, and the capture of numerous Al-Qaeda members.
Saudi Arabia is engaging other countries to locate and extradite Al-Qaeda operatives who may be hiding in those countries.
