After the war , al-Qaeda reestablished its connections in Bosnia and Herzegovina through the SHC charity organization . The organization was closely tied and financed by the Saudi government , for which reason an American judge declared it immune after the September 11 attacks in 2001 , concluding that it 's a body of the Saudi government . In 2002 , the Ministry of Finance of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina conducted a raid in offices of the SHC and found documents that led them to believe that the SHC was " a front of radicals and terrorist related activities " . The same year , an employer of the USAID William Jefferson was killed . One of the suspects was Ahmed Zuhair Handala , linked to the SHC
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Al-Qaeda in Bosnia and Herzegovina