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Institutional
Affiliations
U.S. Committee for a Free Lebanon (1)
Middle East Forum: Board of governors (4)
Corporate
Connections/Business Interests
Tower Hill Securities: Managing director, private placements (as of 1999) (3)
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Highlights
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Ziad
Abdelnour, a Lebanese American devoted to the cause of driving
Syria from Lebanon, has been involved in a number of neocon-led
initiatives on Middle East politics. He is the founder of the
U.S. Committee for a Free Lebanon (USCFL), an advocacy group
supported by Michael Ledeen, Jeane Kirkpatrick, James Woolsey,
Elliott Abrams, Douglas Feith, and Frank Gaffney. (2)
Abdelnour co-produced, with Daniel Pipes and the Middle East Forum, a 2000 report calling for the United States to force Syria from Lebanon and to disarm it of its alleged weapons of mass destruction. The document, titled "Ending Syria's Occupation of Lebanon: The U.S. Role?" argued that "Syrian rule in Lebanon stands in direct opposition to American ideals" and criticized the United States for engaging rather than confronting the regime. Among the documents signers were several soon-to-be Bush administration figures, including Elliott Abrams, Douglas Feith, Michael Rubin, David Wurmser, and Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky. Other signers included Richard Perle, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Michael Ledeen, and Frank Gaffney. (5)
According to his bio on USCFL's "The Three Hundred Most Prominent Lebanese Americans": "Ziad K. Abdelnour, Dealmaker, Financier, Venture Capitalist, Registered Lobbyist. Financed over 60 US private companies since 1986 raising over $3.5 billion in capital; sits on the Board of 15 of them. President & Founder of the U.S Committee for a Free Lebanon, Inc , Former President of the Arab Bankers Association of North America and Publisher of the Middle East Intelligence Bulletin. Son of Lebanese MP Khalil Abdelnour."
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