Mohammed Zouaydi
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Mohammed Galeb Kalaje Zouaydi (Arabic: محمد غالب كلاج زوايدي) is a Syrian businessman based in Spain, accused of having ties with Al-Qaeda. He is the brother-in-law of senior Al-Qaeda operative Abu Khalid al-Suri. He became a Spanish accountant while living between Spain and Saudi Arabia. In Saudi Arabia he was known as the accountant for the Al-Faisal branch of the Saudi royal family, which included Turki al-Faisal, director of the Saudi intelligence agency (1979-2001).[1]
In Spain, he is accused of transferring funds totaling nearly a million dollars from several corporations he was involved with that accepted donations, to Al-Qaeda members, including Mamoun Darkazanli and Nabil Sayadi. He was arrested by Spanish authorities on April 23, 2002.[2]
He was described as "Al Qaeda's financier" by The Wall Street Journal.[3]
Mohammed Galeb Kalaje Zouaydi's brother-in-law, Abu-Khalid al-Suri, was Al-Qaeda's representative in Syria and received funding from the Qatar-based terrorist Abd Al-Rahman al-Nuaimi, cofounder of Alkarama.[4][5]
