and "was using his personal money and ministry money to transfer to Al Qaeda front groups that were allegedly charities." U.S. officials have also reportedly suggested that Al Thani provided shelter, fake documents, and other assistance as they traveled through Qatar. U.S. officials also said that Sheikh Abdallah was visited by Osama bin Laden himself between the years of 1996 and 2000. Leaked U.S. government reports, for instance, revealed that Al Thani met with bin Laden during his January 1996 visit in Doha. The terrorist leader was quoted reporting the "successful movements of explosives into Saudi Arabia" as well as the operations against U.S. and U.K. interests in Dammam, Dharan, and Khobar through the activities of clandestine Al Qaeda cells in Saudi Arabia. Al Thani is part of a list of terrorists wanted in four Middle Eastern countries namely, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE, and Bahrain. This list includes 59 terrorists being sheltered by Qatar. Security warnings were released in these countries recently after the former interior minister surfaced in Doha. In a captured photograph of the rare public appearance, Al Thani was shown signing his autograph in a wall portrait of the Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. Personal life Sheikh Abdullah has four wives. He has a total of 33 sons and daughters. He is the owner of the Al Waab Farm, which is a world renown Straight Egyptian Arabian Horse breeding farm. The farm is managed by his son, Sheikh Ahmed, a businessman and government official. Since late 2003, Sheikh Abdullah has resided in a secluded estate on his 7000 acres private farm in Waab Al Abareq, northern Qatar. Sheikh Abdullah rarely makes any public appearances. References 20th-century politicians Living people Abdullah bin Khalid Al Government ministers of Qatar 1955 births