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Whatever the merits of the complaint, it highlights the intriguing background of a key Investcorp insider: Abdullah Taha Bakhsh, a Saudi tycoon who has served on Investcorp's board since the bank was founded and who helped persuade other rich Saudis to invest. (Like Investcorp, Bakhsh filed a motion to dismiss the Saudi European action, and his lawyer expects it to be granted.) The complaint points out that Bakhsh was a major shareholder of Paris-based Al Saudi Banque, which collapsed in 1988, and accuses him of looting that institution. One of Bakhsh's other holdings is the First Commercial...
Iraq Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan told a state newspaper that the government is not considering a release oftwo Americans imprisoned in Baghdadfor illegally crossing the Kuwait border. Secretary of State Warren Christopher today demanded their release, holding President Saddam Hussein responsible for their safety. Ramadan corrected a statement by a member of parliament who indicated over the weekend that the Americans could be released shortly.TIME Middle East bureau chief Dean Fischersays Hussein controls the fate of the prisoners. "The courts count for nothing, the Parliament counts for nothing and the vice president counts for nothing," says Fischer...
Others agree. Ahmed Taha, manager of Souper Salad, says, "They're taking over my salad...
...Although Taha Abdul-Basser '96, a Hurlbut resident, said he wasn't too worried, he said one of his blockmates was "very tense" and "would be awake at 7 a.m." to receive the assignment at his door...
...year after Bush came aboard, a reclusive Saudi named Abdullah Taha Bakhsh bought an 11% stake in Harken through a Netherlands Antilles shell company. The Saudi, a tycoon with global interests in oil, real estate and jewelry, hoped Harken could someday serve as a vehicle for moving Saudi crude into the U.S. But the strategy would never come to pass...