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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=3 height=55 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="060085a3.jpg"> <div> <B>Who is Who ?</B></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Welcome"><B>Home</B></A><B>    </B>-    <A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Added"><B>Updates</B></A><B>    </B><B>-</B>   <B> </B><A HREF="id137.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Meta Index"><B>Index</B></A>    <B>-    </B><A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><B>Links</B></A><B>    -    </B><B>Contact</B><B>    </B> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"><B>   </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"><B>   </B><A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><B><IMG SRC="04d0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="Previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A><B>   </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"></FONT></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=155 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="061d2e83.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Welcome">Welcome</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Added">Added</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id137.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Meta Index">Meta Index</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links">Links</A></div> <div> Who is Who ?</div> <bR> <div>  <STYLE> </STYLE>  </div> </td> <td valign="top" height=408 width="100%" colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Alphabetical list of persons and organizations involved.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="674" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#A6CAF0 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 35 WIDTH="670"><bR> <div> <B><U>The Sayadi-Vinck family</U></B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 220 ><NOBR><bR> <div> <A HREF="#whoiswho_nabilsayadi" TITLE="Who is Who ?"><B>Nabil </B></A><A HREF="#whoiswho_nabilsayadi" TITLE="Who is Who ?">Sayadi</A></div> <div> Omer <U>Sayadi</U></div> <div> <B>Patricia</B> <U>Sayadi - V</U><U>inck</U></div> <div> Rouqayah <U>Sayadi</U></div> <div> Yassine <U>Sayadi</U></div> <div> Younes <U>Sayadi</U></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="06ac8960.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="150" ALT="The Sayadi-Vinck family - Surviving the constitutional state since January 31, 2003." ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> Patricia Vinck and Nabil Sayadi with their children </div> <div> (l to r) Younes, Rouqayam, Omer and Yassine. </div> <div> (<A HREF="http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=6041" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/stor">Metro Times</A> Photo/<A HREF="mailto:amullen@metrotimes.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:amullen@metrotimes.com">Ann Mullen</A>)</div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></U></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>Other people involved</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="mailto:amullen@metrotimes.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:amullen@metrotimes.com"><B>Ann Mullen</B></A> (Ms)</div> <div> Journalist who interviewed the Sayadi-family and published in <A HREF="http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=6041" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/stor">"Metro Times"</A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=6041" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/stor">http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=6041</A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Anne-Marie Lizin</B><B> <A NAME="lizin__ms__waloon_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B> (Ms; Waloon)</div> <div> MP (Senate); National (Belgian) Parliament. (June 2004).</div> <bR> <div> <B>Damien Vandermeersch</B><B> <A NAME="damien_vandermeersch"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> 'Investigating-judge' (onderzoeksrechter). After Spain mentioned the Sayadi-Vinck family in a post September-11 investigation Damien Vendermeersch started an investigation. As a result a Belgian delegation of criminal investigators went to Spain to gather information. Spain never asked questions about Nabil Sayadi, a spokesperson of the Belgian Office of the Public Prosecuter said. Spain nor Belgium ever expressed any suspicion towards Sayadi, the same spokesperson of the Belgian Office of the Public Prosecuter, Ms. Lieve Pellens, stated.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.politics.be/actueel/811" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.politics.be/actueel/811">http://www.politics.be/actueel/811</A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Didier Reynders</B><B> <A NAME="reynders__mr__waloon_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B> (Mr; Waloon)</div> <div> Minister of Finances Belgian government (2003 - ...). </div> <div> Blocked the bank accounts of all members of the Sayadi-Vinck family. </div> <div> He 'advized' them not to travel abroad. Even not to other Schengen countries. </div> <div> Any tourist admitted to Belgium can hop around more freely as Belgian citizens Sayadi can!</div> <div> A third limitation the Belgian State imposed on the Sayadis is the prohibition to be involved in arms trade. (...)</div> <bR> <div> <B>Didier Seeuws</B><B> <A NAME="didier_seeuws__mr_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B> (Mr)</div> <div> Spokesman of the then (Spring 2004) Belgian premier <A HREF="#guy_verhofstadt__mr__flemish_" TITLE="Who is Who ?">Guy Verhofstandt</A>.</div> <div> By way of Didier Seews, the Belgian premier <A HREF="#guy_verhofstadt__mr__flemish_" TITLE="Who is Who ?">Guy Verhofstadt</A> made promises on <A HREF="#jan_van_rompay__mr__flemish_" TITLE="Who is Who ?">national television</A> on September 11, 2003, to finalize a report and if no objection could be found within 8 days, the procedure to remove the Saydi-Vinck family from the UN-list would be started. (...).</div> <bR> <div> <B>Filip Teerlinck</B></div> <div> See: <A HREF="#jan_van_rompay__mr__flemish_" TITLE="Who is Who ?">"Ombudsjan"; </A><A HREF="#jan_van_rompay__mr__flemish_" TITLE="Who is Who ?"><B>Jan Van Rompay</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Georges-Henri Beauthier</B><B> <A NAME="georges_henri_beauthier"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> The lawyer of the Sayadi family.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Guy Verhofstadt</B><B> <A NAME="guy_verhofstadt__mr__flemish_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B> (Mr; Flemish)</div> <div> Premier Belgian government<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > (...- 2004)</FONT></div> <div> By way of <A HREF="#didier_seeuws__mr_" TITLE="Who is Who ?">Didier Seews</A>, the Belgian premier made promises on  Flemish <A HREF="#jan_van_rompay__mr__flemish_" TITLE="Who is Who ?">national television</A> on September 11, 2003, to finalize a report and if no objection could be found within 8 days, the procedure to remove the Saydi-Vinck family from the UN-list would be started. (...).</div> <bR> <div> <B>Herman De Croo</B><B> <A NAME="herman_de_croo__mr__flemish_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B> (Mr; Flemish)</div> <div> Flemish Liberal Party</div> <div> President Belgian Senate. (Liberal Party).<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > (June 2004).</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Hugo Vandenberghe</B><B> <A NAME="hugo_vandenberghe__mr__flemish_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B> (Mr; Flemish)</div> <div> MP; Senate.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Jan Van Rompay</B><B> <A NAME="jan_van_rompay__mr__flemish_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B> (Mr; Flemish)</div> <div> Journalist on Flemish national television, presenting the program <I>"Ombudsjan".</I></div> <div> Hosted the Sayadi-Vinck parents on September 11, 2003 together with Belgian premier <A HREF="#guy_verhofstadt__mr__flemish_" TITLE="Who is Who ?">Guy Verhofstadt</A> in the program "Ombudsjan". By way of the premier's spokesman, <A HREF="#didier_seeuws__mr_" TITLE="Who is Who ?">Didier Seews</A>, promises were made to finalize a report and if no objection could be found within 8 days, the procedure to remove the Saydi-Vinck family from the UN-list would be started. (...).</div> <bR> <div> <B>Leen Laenens</B><B> <A NAME="leen_laenens__ms__flemish_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B> (Ms; Flemish)</div> <div> MP; Green party </div> <div> Questioned the government's policy in National (Belgian) Parliament on February 4 and 11, 2003.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Louis Michel</B><B> <A NAME="louis_michel___mr___waloon_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B>  (Mr.; Waloon)</div> <div> Vice-premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Belgian Government (2003 - ...).</div> <bR> <div> <B>Marc Verwilghen</B><B> <A NAME="marc_verwilghen__mr__flemish_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B> (Mr; Flemish)</div> <div> Flemish Liberal Party</div> <div> Minister of Justice (2003 - ...  ) Belgian government.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Nabil </B><B>Sayadi</B><B> <A NAME="whoiswho_nabilsayadi"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> Director of "Stichting Wereldhulp", closely working together with "Global Relief Foundation".</div> <div> Father of 4 (June 2004). Born in Lebanon. Belgian citizen. He and his wife, Patricia Soraya Vinck, are - until now - the only Belgians placed on a list related to terrorist activities. This was done by their own government.</div> <div> <U>More:</U> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.rightofdefence.be/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.rightofdefence.be/">http://www.rightofdefence.be/</A></FONT></div> <div> <U>More:</U> click hyperlink <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id98.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Charitys funds, use of UN link raise que"><B>(1)</B></A></FONT>     </div> <bR> <div> <B>Paul Pataer</B><B> <A NAME="paul_pataer__mr_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B> </B>(Mr)</div> <div> President Human Rights League in Flanders (Liga voor de Mensenrechten).</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=slv1-&ei=UTF-8&p=Rabih+Haddad" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=slv1-&"><B>Rabih Haddad</B></A><B> <A NAME="rabih_haddad__mr_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B> (Mr)</div> <div> Founding member of GRF, was arrested at his Ann Arbor home. Haddad was jailed 19 months before he was deported last year to Lebanon for a visa violation (“<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=6041" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/stor">Haddad breaks his silence</A></FONT>,” <A HREF="http://www.metrotimes.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.metrotimes.com/"><I>Metro Times</I></A><I>,</I> March 17). His family was deported shortly thereafter."</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=6041" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/stor"><B>http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=6041</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.aa-peacemaking.quaker.org/haddad.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.aa-peacemaking.quaker.org/had"><I>http:/</I></A><A HREF="http://www.aa-peacemaking.quaker.org/haddad.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.aa-peacemaking.quaker.org/had"><I>aa-peacemaking.quaker.org/haddad.html</I></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><U>More:</U> click hyperlink</FONT> <A HREF="id98.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Charitys funds, use of UN link raise que"><B>(1)</B></A><B>     </B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U></U></B></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id137.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Meta Index"><B>INDEX</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id143.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pointer">Pointer</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id90.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Articles">Articles</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id33_link_index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links">Link Index</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Index of Letters">Index of Letters</A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Welcome">Homepage</A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Welcome"> (Welcome)</A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id91.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Books Movies">Index of Books & Movies</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Added">More recently added information</A></div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <STYLE> </STYLE>  </div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=17 BGCOLOR="#003366" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <A HREF="id30_m.htm" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Who is Who ?"><B>Top</B></A><B>     </B>    <B>     </B><A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><B>Previous</B></A><B>     </B><A HREF="id137.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Meta Index"><B>Index</B></A><B>     </B><A HREF="id33_link_index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><B>Links</B></A><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Welcome"><B>Home</B></A><B>     </B><A HREF="id107.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Added"><B>Updates</B></A><B>     </B><B>Contact</B><B>     </B><A HREF="id143.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pointer"><B>Pointer</B></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>