Number: RL32499 Title: Saudi Arabia: Terrorist Financing Issues Authors: Alfred B. Prados and Christopher M. Blanchard, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division Abstract: This report reviews allegations of Saudi involvement in terrorist financing together with Saudi rebuttals, discusses the question of Saudi support for Palestinian organizations and religious charities and schools (madrasas) abroad, discusses recent steps taken by Saudi Arabia to counter terrorist financing (many in conjunction with the United States), and suggests some implications of recent Saudi actions for the war on terrorism. Pages: 28 Date: September 14, 2007