US agents told: Back off bin Ladens

Sydney Morning Herald ^ | Nov. 7 01 | unk

[lewislynn]

US agents told (by Bush): Back off bin Ladens

US special agents were told to back off the bin Laden family and the Saudi royals soon after George Bush became president, although that has all changed since September 11, it was reported today.

And the BBC2's Newsnight program also said the younger George Bush made his first million 20 years ago with an oil company partly funded by the chief US representative of Salem bin Laden, Osama's brother, who took over as head of the family after his father Mohammed's death in a plane crash in 1968.

The program said it had secret documents from the FBI investigation into the terror attacks on New York and Washington which showed that despite the myth that Osama is the black sheep of the family, at least two other American-based members of it are suspected of links with a possible terrorist organisation.

The program said it had obtained evidence that the FBI was on the trail of bin Laden family members living in the US after, and even before, September 11.

A document showed that special agents from the Washington field office were investigating Abdullah, a close relative of Osama, because of his relationship with the World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY), a suspected terrorist organisation, it said.

The program said it had found where he used to live with another close relative, Omar, also an FBI suspect, in Falls Church, Virginia, a suburb of Washington. The house was conveniently close to WAMY, it said, and just a couple of blocks down the road was a place listed by four of the alleged hijackers as their address.

The US Treasury has not frozen WAMY's assets, and insists it is a charity, the program said, yet Pakistan had expelled WAMY "operatives" and India claimed WAMY was funding an organisation linked to bombings in Kashmir.

The FBI did look into WAMY, but for some reason agents were pulled off the trail, it said.

The program has uncovered a long history of shadowy connections between the State Department, the CIA and the Saudis, it said.

The former head of the American visa bureau in Jeddah from 1987 to 1989, Michael Springman, told the program: "In Saudi Arabia I was repeatedly ordered by high-level State Department officials to issue visas to unqualified applicants.

"People who had no ties either to Saudi Arabia or to their own country. I complained there. I complained here in Washington to Main State, to the inspector-general and to Diplomatic Security and I was ignored."

He added: "What I was doing was giving visas to terrorists - recruited by the CIA and Osama bin Laden to come back to the United States for training to be used in the war in Afghanistan against the then Soviets."

The US wanted to keep the pro-American Saudi royal family in control of the world's biggest oil spigot, even at the price of turning a blind eye to any terrorist connection - so long as America was safe, the program said.

The program said the younger George Bush made his first million 20 years ago with an oil company partly funded by the chief US representative of Salem bin Laden, Osama's brother, who took over as head of the family after his father Mohammed's death in a plane crash in 1968.

Young George also received fees as director of a subsidiary of Carlyle Corporation, a little-known private company which in just a few years of its founding has become one of America's biggest defence contractors, and his father, Bush Senior, is also a paid adviser, the program said.

And it became embarrassing when it was revealed that the bin Ladens held a stake in Carlyle, sold just after September 11, it added.

The program said it had been told by a highly-placed source in a US intelligence agency that there had always been "constraints" on investigating Saudis, but under President Bush it had become much worse.

After the elections, the intelligence agencies were told to "back off" from investigating the bin Laden family and the Saudi royals, and that angered field agents, the program added.

The policy was reversed after September 11, it reported.

The program was told by FBI headquarters that it could not comment on its findings.

A spokesman reportedly said: "There are lots of things that only the intelligence community knows and that no one else ought to know."

PA

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This was sent to every national news media in the UK 15th October. Not a word in the Press Tv Radio. All this info is in the public domain, nothing secret here. Now why would somebody register a website 9/11/00 To expire 9/11/01? Registrant: Saudi Binladin Group (SAUDI-BINLADIN-GROUP2-DOM) Prince Abdullah Street Jeddah, 21492 SA Domain Name: SAUDI-BINLADIN-GROUP.COM Administrative Contact, Technical Contact, Billing Contact: Lumsden, Philip (PLP239) philip@ARQ.CO.UK Arq Limited The Old Post Office George Street Bath, BA1 2EB UK 01224 312 391 Record last updated on 11-Sep-2000. Record expires on 11-Sep-2001. Record created on 11-Sep-2000. Database last updated on 19-Oct-2001 00:59:00 EDT. Domain servers in listed order: NS0-S.DNS.PIPEX.NET 158.43.129.83 NS1-S.DNS.PIPEX.NET 158.43.193.83 If you Google saudi-binladin-group you will find some cached pages which look like a regular website. The Binladin group however is no regular company. Founded by BinLadin a friend of Saudi Royalty, it is claimed to be the biggest construction group in the Middle east – most famously 2 of his 26 sons Salim was an investor in George Dubya Bush’s oil business and Osama (This means Lion same as Prime Minster Blair’s latest child Leo) worked for the CIA and is now being hounded in Afghanistan. Now why, you may ask does a huge international group with access to immense revenues choose to employ Arq Limited, whose address is a quaint “Old Post Office, George Street, Bath,UK” ? Registered Office is 16 Abbey Churchyard,Bath BA1 1LY Curious I accessed the records at Companies house yesterday 22nd October 2001. Their Home Page showed they had a “major security alert” although this never registered on any news website or press article. It took me all day to download the information but I got it finally @ 5pm GMT. If you want the details in full got to www.companieshouse.gov.uk and for £5.00 BP Sterling you can get the Latest accounts up to 31st March 2000 and List of Directors and Shareholders. Briefly this is Arq Ltd., Directors (Shares held as @ 31/3/2000 £1.00 fully paid up) Philip Lumsden, British DOB 15/8/31 1,191 shares Nicholas Hart – Williams, British DOB 16/7/42 1.358 Karl Gebhard Jaeger, British 12/4/30 2,442 Andrew Nunn British 5/10/46 2,331 Jeremy Burgess, British DOB 4/8/76 151 Non of the Directors are available on the telephone either having ex Directory numbers, require security codes or not listed at address given. The principle (sic) activity is Internet Consultants… weavers of fine websites and developers of award winning website www.bath.co.uk. (now said to be brought to you by JPCi net, a simple guide to Bath, hotels, etc.,) Partners with Software AG and Actinic Software to provide B2B and B2C solutions to SME’s. Also investors in www.floot.com (curious music site said to being under construction)to sell music partnered with Freeserve and Music Choice Europe plc. Also investment in www.capitaltrack.com ( this actually is owned by a steel rolling mill in Columbus ohio and have a good website – if you are interested in steel rolling),established to “satisfy the electronic communication needs of the European debt Instrument Market.” During the year to 31/3/2000 the company issued 397 shares @ £8.70 each and 8,692 shares @ £11 each. The Auditors are Bishop Fleming,19 Portland Square,Bristol Partner Charlie Thompson handled their accounts Tel 0117 924 8077 He refuses to take my calls. The Accounts show Turnover >31/3/200 >31/3/1999 Turnover £175,081 £127,784 Loss 8,796 72,770 Tangible Assets 6,470 10,506 P & L Account (£328,220) (£319,424) Shareholders register as supplied in this order 552 Ordinary Matthew Dodson (tel 01380 850651) Housekeeper doesn’t know when anyone in. The Old Vicarage Chittoe Chippenham Wiltshire ? DSK Limited 5 – 7 Spencers Drive Crawley West Sussex RH11 7DE 250 Ordinary Trustee of the Hannay Family Magna House Battle Lane Crew Magna Bristol 866 Ordinery (sic) Malcolm Hannay (Tel 01275 333811) calls diverted.Voice message/Fax Battle Lane Chew Magna Bristol BS40 8PX 2433 Ordinery (sic) Nicholas Hart – Williams (Tel 01225 722110) The Coach House Woodside Staples Hill Freshford Bath BA3 6EJ 1875 Ordinery Karl Gebhard Jaeger (Tel 01225 317024 requires security code) 7 Lansdown Crescent Bath Avon BA1 5EX 250 Ordinery (Sic) Charles Dodson Lone barn House Brown candover Ameford Hampshire SO24 9TW 100 Ordinery (sic) Major P R Dawson (Tel 01373 832831) Eden House 89 High Street Chapmanslade Westbury BA13 4AN 80 Ordinery (sic) Andrew Moore 1 Grosvenor Place Bath BA1 6AX 80 Ordinery (sic) Christopher Bulman Field House Landford Wood Salisbury Wiltshire ? Craig Mackenzie 18 Marshfield Gardens London NW3 5SX 2331 Ordinery (sic) Andrew Nunn (Tel 0117 9505835 requires security code) 7 Ridgeway Court The Ridgeway Westbury on Trym Trym Bristol BS10 7DG 1358 Ordinery (sic) William Pryor (resigned as a Director 23/3/2000 replaced by J Burgess) (No Tel No at this address) 1 Hampton Hill Warminster Road Bath BA2 6SQ 50 Ordinery (sic) Ivan Moore Flora Villa Church Street Hilperton Trowbridge BA14 7RB 100 Ordinery (sic) Peter Waters Hayes Brow Hayesfield Park Bath BA2 4QE 100 Ordinery (sic) Paul Toombs 7 Upper Hedenmead Road Bath Somerset BA1 5NE 100 Ordinery (sic) Iqbal Tarmohamed (Tel Ex Directory) Little Acres 71 Nursery Lane Whitfield Nr Dover Kent CT16 3ES 17 Ordinery (sic) Emma Dodson The Old Vicarage Bromham Chippenham Wiltshire SN15 2EL 17 also to Henry Dodson, Charlotte Dodson, Frederock Dodson and Arthur Dodson of same address. Fiona D of this address has 125. 100 Ordinery Salim Peerohamed ( No Tel listed at this address) 6 Bath Mews Bath Parade Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7AL 500 Ordinery (sic) Minz Moledina (No trace of Tel. At this address) Zahra House 62 / 63 Victoria Road Swindon Wilts SN1 3BB Ordinery 17 (sic) Diana Ferguson Flat 4 10 Norfolk Crescent Bath Somerset BA1 2BE 150 Ordinery (sic) Jeremy Burgess The Garden Flat 19 Station Road Bath BA1 3DX 1191 Ordinery (sic) Philip Lumsden (Telephone Ex Directory) 8 Quarry Close Limpley Stoke Bath BA3 6HN 989 Ordinery (sic) Steven Dawson Hillside Farm Church Lane Freshford Bath BA3 6ED So here we have a quaint little company turning over £175K with accumulated losses of £392K which goes into liquidation on 8th October 2001. The assets are purchased by Active8 Ltd operating out of the same premises who went into liquidation October 8th and now part of JCPi group who seem a thoroughly respectable outfit. No contact with anybody by telephone has been possible, Active8solutions 0800 542 6555 has a Dan Earney who doesn’t return telephone calls. So there you have it, a tiny company, headed by a 70 year old guy, with shareholders all with quaint and moneyed addresses in and around genteel Bath plus 3 Asian (?) sounding names, none of whom appear to have a telephone. A huge construction company ask them to set up a website on 11/9/00 which expires on 11/9/01, and the name of the construction company is Binladin ?

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