Corrections 2004

Napoleoni and Pluto Press: Modern Jihad, June 17, 2004

Sheikh Khalid Binmahfouz
C/o Kendall Freeman
43 Fetter Lane London EC4A 1JU

17 June 2004

Dear Sirs

Modern Jihad: Tracing Dollars Behind the Terror Networks, written by Loretta Napoleoni and published by Pluto Press ('the Book')

You have drawn our attention to the fact that the Book published in September 2003 contains erroneous and highly defamatory allegations about your client, Sheikh Khalid Binmahfouz.

We accept that there is no truth whatsoever in any of the serious and highly defamatory allegations. We would now like to correct the record and acknowledge the following:

1. Sheikh Khalid bin Mahouz is not Osama bin Laden's brother-in-law and has neither supported Bin Laden and his Al Qaeda terrorist network nor any form of terrorism whatsoever.
   
   

2. Sheikh Khalid Binmahfouz did not pay protection money to Osama bin Laden to stave off attacks on his businesses in Saudi Arabia.
   
   

3. The Saudi Government did not discover that Sheikh Khalid Binmahfouz had transferred $3 million through the National Commercial Bank to charitable organisations which were fronts for Osama bin Laden's terrorist network.
   
   

4. The Saudi Government did not force Sheikh Khalid Binmahfouz to sell his shares in the National Commercial Bank.
   
   

5. Sheikh Khalid Binmahfouz has never had any ownership in Delta Oil.
   
   

We accept that Sheikh Khalid Binmahfouz and his family abhor terrorism in every way and apologise to him for the grave embarrassment that the allegations in the Book have caused.

In order that this matter may now be resolved, we undertake to stop selling the Book in the UK. We further undertake not to publish or cause or authorise to be published the words complained of contained in the book about Sheikh Khalid Binmahfouz or any similar words to the same effect in the future. We also undertake to pay Sheikh Khalid Binmahfouz's legal costs incurred in relation to this matter.

Yours faithfully
Pluto Press Ltd